Cheapest rail tickets?

dggar

nickcc wrote: »

Sorry but that's incorrect. Both crossrail and GWR were almost double for the same journey, if I'd booked a week earlier then the price would have been the same as trainline. The only problem that I experienced with trainline was their advice regarding self service ticket collection as it turned out that you can just collect your tickets from the station booking office, trainline email stated that tickets have to be self service which was incorrect.

Glad my advice helped you.

andygb

Well, thanks for all the replies folks.
I put in the relevant details on Trainline - same date, same time, same ticket, and it came in around £9 more expensive than the standard National Rail Enquiries site - £103.80 to £114.00

Note - just looked on it a second ago to confirm and they are both the same price - £103.80
I should have also said that the Trainline price can change at any time, and it attracts a booking fee of £1.50 - so is more expensive.
I think I will drive.

elverson

Case closed.

Nick_C

KeithP wrote: »

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-train-tickets

and trainsplit.com

Unfortunately, this article doesn't seem to offer any advice on which sites are the best ones for buying train tickets.

My advice is to buy them from First Transpennine Express. They sell the same tickets at the same price as everyone else. There is no booking fee. They give you 2 Nectar points for every pound you spend.

We've just used our Nectar points to get a dozen bottles of wine from Sainsbury's using a couple of double up vouchers. These mainly came from buying train tickets on line.

Voyager2002

Nick_C wrote: »

Unfortunately, this article doesn't seem to offer any advice on which sites are the best ones for buying train tickets.

My advice is to buy them from First Transpennine Express. They sell the same tickets at the same price as everyone else. There is no booking fee. They give you 2 Nectar points for every pound you spend.

We've just used our Nectar points to get a dozen bottles of wine from Sainsbury's using a couple of double up vouchers. These mainly came from buying train tickets on line.

Or consider East Midland Trains, who give not only Nectar points but also a bit of money through TopCashBack (if you do not yet use TopCashBack ask me to refer you).

Sadly, it does sometimes happen that a good fare is offered on some TOC sites but not others. The lowest fares may appear on those that offer neither cashback nor Nectar points.

Nick_C

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Or consider East Midland Trains, who give not only Nectar points but also...

Are you sure about that? I know they used to, but there is nothing on their website about it, and they are not listed on the Nectar website as a partner.