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dzug1

FCC do a Gatwick Flyaway ticket at £60 total - no peak restrictions

An offpeak groupsave3 ticket is marginally cheaper at £59.40. There are a couple of late afternoon trains on which it's not valid.

As far as I know you can buy at Luton Station on the day

A standard off peak return is £30 each so it's a fair saving

iain_lett

Hi i pay £49 a week to get to work in Warrington from Bolton, has anyone got any good ideas to trim the cost???

dzug1

iain_lett wrote: »

Hi i pay £49 a week to get to work in Warrington from Bolton, has anyone got any good ideas to trim the cost???

A monthly season would save a little

dal2008

HELP

I buy a season ticket from witham to liverpool street yearly and my work gives me a season ticket loan which i pay back est. £260 a month from my salary.

I pay £3,280.

I tried to see if i can get a season ticket from witham to shenfield and then another one shenfield to london liverpool street and it's actually 1k more.

Any ideas

lalibums

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does anyone know the cheapest way to travel from cheltenham to birmingham once a week, every week by train.:j

dzug1

lalibums wrote: »

does anyone know the cheapest way to travel from cheltenham to birmingham once a week, every week by train.:j

One direction only? If returning is it the same day or later?

Anyway

off peak day return £18 - morning and evening restrictions
off peak return £19.40 - morning restrictions only
anytime return £26 - no restrictions

Off peak single £17.90 anytime single £18

The key to getting it cheaper is advance purchase singles, which are between £4 and £8 depending on availabilty. For example a week today £5.50 is available off peak on quite a few trains

If you are prepared for a slower, less frequent service with unreliable connections travelling via Worcester on split tickets can shave a little off the walk on Cheltenham fares

ampersand

miamidice wrote: »

BAD NEWS

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article5425815.ece

These train companies are absolute joke! It seems like it's going to cost me an extra £15 more every time I want to go to Chesterfield from London from now on - £40 up from £25 - and that's with a young persons railcard!!! I'm furious!

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......and I'm at the other end of the scale, officially Ancient as of 2 Sats back, so was looking up poss. extensions of eagerly awaited Bus Pass/variants for travel to Scotland.
Thanks for posting this article - it's a shocker.
Shall return to Thread and see what advice dzug, who seems to have right fingers on right buttons, had to proffer.

I'm interested generally in ANYTHING that gives cheap UK/European travel for Over 60's - especially since the demise of Speedferries.

james2005

Hello, I am travelling down to Cornwall on Friday 20th and returning Monday 23rd about 2pm

I was looking for a train ticket

Twickenham to Redruth (after 2pm) Friday 20th February

Returning

Redruth to Twickenham (after 2pm) Monday 23rd February


The cheapest i can find is about £79 pounds, thats well steep.

I do have a network railcard but doesnt cover me that far.

Also i did try some split ticketing programme that i downloaded but didnt get any cheaper and it doesnt have the option to use network railcard, as it would cover me to exeter so i am told?

Really would appreciate some help.

Thanks

dzug1

If you've looked in the past hour or two then I think there's a problem with the reservations system at the moment which means they can't sell advance tickets. Might be worth trying later - you can buy the £79 on the day anyway so you won't lose out

james2005

Dzug1 tried that before the problem arose and tried again but will try again in abit.

Cheers:beer:

dzug1 wrote: »

If you've looked in the past hour or two then I think there's a problem with the reservations system at the moment which means they can't sell advance tickets. Might be worth trying later - you can buy the £79 on the day anyway so you won't lose out