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dzug1

seahawk wrote: »

I'll be visiting England from Canada in June. I've found a train ticket from London to Grantham via Waterbeach. Its about five pounds cheaper than buying a London to March ticket and only takes an extra 15minutes. I want to travel short and get off in March. Does anyone at the March station check tickets to see if they are valid and if so will i have to pay a penalty for getting off the train too early?

I don't understand why it takes 15 minutes longer - it's the same train surely????

Anyhow, I don't know if March station checks tickets. If they do you'll have to pay as if you had no ticket at all.

seahawk

Ok thanks dzug1 I purchased the ticket yesterday so I hope they arent checking.

The extra 15 minutes is how much longer it takes to go from London to March by routing through Waterbeach and Cambridge. The more expensive ticket goes to Peterboro but is quicker.

dzug1

dilanroj wrote: »

oooh thanks that sounds great, i will check availability...do i have to go to scotrail for the last two tickets?

No - any rail site should sell them

daz27

Hi,im trying to get a train from Glasgow to Peterborough on the 18th July,and returning on the same day,im getting prices around £90,seems rather expensive to me.
Anybody have clues how i can get it cheaper.

Any help please as im desperate to go down that day.

Livingthedream

daz27 wrote: »

Hi,im trying to get a train from Glasgow to Peterborough on the 18th July,and returning on the same day,im getting prices around £90,seems rather expensive to me.
Anybody have clues how i can get it cheaper.

Any help please as im desperate to go down that day.

Try this;
Glasgow Central to Birmingham New St 05:50 Advance single £14
Birmingham New St to Peterbough Off Peak Return £29

Peterbough to Birmingham New St Off Peak Return £0

Birmingham New St to Glasgow Central 17:20 Advance single £14

Total £57

on the way back just give yourself plenty of time to catch the train from Birmingham to Glasgow

**Edit** you can also split at Crewe and save yourself another £12ish but this seems like a bit of an Epic journey from Crewe to Peterbourgh

daz27

Thankyou.

What site is that on,i have looked everywhere but cannot find it.

Livingthedream

daz27 wrote: »

Thankyou.

What site is that on,i have looked everywhere but cannot find it.

Got it from http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ but any train companies search engine/website will do.

Make sure you search 'Glasgow Central to Birmingham New St' and then 'Birmingham New St to Peterborough' as it's a split journey and you will get two seperate rail tickets atleast.

Confusedcom_2

me and my boyfriend want to go to stratford upon avon from birmingham snow hill or new street, purchasing a return but all the websites (such as virgin and chiltern railway) are really confusing me. I have said that I want two adult tickets but at the end when I go to pay for them it says just £12 and im not sure if that is just for one ticket? I also dont want to get ripped off so if anyone knows of any great deals could you please let me know!
could someone help me please or just explain, sorry i bet i sound so dumb!
thankyou in advance!

KeithP

Confused/com wrote: »

me and my boyfriend want to go to stratford upon avon from birmingham snow hill or new street, purchasing a return but all the websites (such as virgin and chiltern railway) are really confusing me. I have said that I want two adult tickets but at the end when I go to pay for them it says just £12 and im not sure if that is just for one ticket? I also dont want to get ripped off so if anyone knows of any great deals could you please let me know!
could someone help me please or just explain, sorry i bet i sound so dumb!
thankyou in advance!

An Offpeak return from Birmingham Moor Street to Stratford Upon Avon is £6.00 per person.
An Anytime return from Birmingham Moor Street to Stratford Upon Avon is £7.30 per person.

dzug1

KeithP wrote: »

An Offpeak return from Birmingham Moor Street to Stratford Upon Avon is £6.00 per person.
An Anytime return from Birmingham Moor Street to Stratford Upon Avon is £7.30 per person.

You can buy these at the ticket office on the day at the same price - not much point in buying in advance.