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ipswichblade

stevec59 wrote: »

Hi,
Is there a site comparison site for rail fares?My daughter wants to go From Great Yarmouth to Edinburgh,not bothered when,so flexible,might just be 1 way,she is 20yrs old, so she could get a 16-25 rail card(£24),but might not be worth it 1 way, I found £52.20 on National Rail,anything cheaper, she would like to get up there in the next week or 2..

Thanks

Steve

Don't know about comparison sites but I chose a couple of dates at random and searched on the national express east anglia site...

Origin: Great Yarmouth, 10:17
Destination: Edinburgh, 16:26
Date:Wed 3 Dec 2008

Cost: £29.35

Origin: Great Yarmouth, 10:17
Destination: Edinburgh, 16:26
Date: Thu 4 Dec 2008

Cost: £37.85

stevec59

Thanks for that!Great saving :beer:


Steve

ipswichblade

stevec59 wrote: »

Thanks for that!Great saving :beer:


Steve

Glad to be of help. I find the National Express East Anglia site to be the best to use and the cheapest finds seem to be there. :T

dzug1

stevec59 wrote: »

Hi,
Is there a site comparison site for rail fares?My daughter wants to go From Great Yarmouth to Edinburgh,not bothered when,so flexible,might just be 1 way,she is 20yrs old, so she could get a 16-25 rail card(£24),but might not be worth it 1 way, I found £52.20 on National Rail,anything cheaper, she would like to get up there in the next week or 2..

Thanks

Steve

No there isn't - it would be a waste of time since all sites sell the same tickets at the same prices. In theory anyway. Some are more user friendly at finding them than others, true, but if (big if) you know how to manipulate them you will find the same prices, nearly all the time. Where you don't it's a glitch in the system rather than intentional.

One or two exceptions - a few operators give a discount if you book on their site for their own trains.

Livingthedream

dzug1 wrote: »

Some are more user friendly at finding them than others

That is so true i use Nationalrail.co.uk to do my searching but Virgin trains to do my buying, wont us Virgin trains for searching as they are at times biased towards their own services and don't show up all the cheap fares unless you search deeper.

Also as dzug1 says they all sell the same tickets whether Advance tickets for other train companies or regular Peak Tickets and the majority use the same search engine ie the trainline's search engine.

Skint_Student_3

Hi MoneySavers,
I'm currently travelling from Leamington to Lincoln on a weekly basis. The cheapest price I have found is 20.95. I've done a bit of browsing but find it all pretty confusing, from what I have seen though it looks like there could be some cheaper alternatives.
Any suggestions or answers you could provide would be really appreciated as the cost is racking up.

Cheers.

Livingthedream

Skint_Student, a few questions is that £20.95 one way and is it with a railcard, do you know what day and date you need to travel on a few weeks in advance and finally do you need a return ticket?

marionquine

Club 55: travel anywhere in Scotand for £15 return until the end of March 2009, if you are over 55. Must be off peak and there are restrictions over the Christmas/ New Year holiday period; but a great deal:-))

Skint_Student_3

Livingthedream wrote: »

Skint_Student, a few questions is that £20.95 one way and is it with a railcard, do you know what day and date you need to travel on a few weeks in advance and finally do you need a return ticket?

Livingthedream, sorry it was my first post so didn't know exactly what info to state. Its is a open return ticket with railcard from Leamington to Lincoln. I know when i'm traveling 2 weeks ahead sometimes, if not at least 5 days in advance.

Was also intrigued by the mega bus deal from birmingham to sheffield for a quid I think. Wandered if anyone had worked this into a similar journey and had success.

Cheers.

PS 2 sweets.

Livingthedream

Skint_Student wrote: »

Livingthedream, sorry it was my first post so didn't know exactly what info to state. Its is a open return ticket with railcard from Leamington to Lincoln. I know when i'm traveling 2 weeks ahead sometimes, if not at least 5 days in advance.

Was also intrigued by the mega bus deal from birmingham to sheffield for a quid I think. Wandered if anyone had worked this into a similar journey and had success.

Cheers.

PS 2 sweets.

Thanks for letting us know, but as Dzug1 says in your other post £20.95 isn't a bad price with that amount of notice.

Just remember the £20.95 ticket is an Off peak ticket and can't be used be 09:30