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Post by slappy on Sept 16, 2010 14:55:24 GMT
advance tickets now on sale from East Coast trains. singles from £9.30 web fare available.
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Post by ConcreteBob on Sept 16, 2010 16:27:05 GMT
Out of interest, do you work for Network Rail?
It's a bit more of a difficult journey from Oxford however. Change at Birmingham and Nottingham I think.
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Post by peterdevo on Sept 16, 2010 16:42:19 GMT
I reckon it could be good to make a day of it and perhaps stay in a hotel. Any ideas where?
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Post by slappy on Sept 17, 2010 11:09:56 GMT
Out of interest, do you work for Network Rail? No. With Cross Country trains you can sign up to be emailed when advance tickets go on sale for a certain date and journey. I then check on the East Coast mainline website (which is often handier for me going into London) as tickets on that route to Doncaster, Crewe etc can be much cheaper, although the cheapest advance fares at reasonable times can get snapped up. If you register to receive email updates and offers from them (East Coast), occasionally they do 1/3 off the advance prices too. Groupsave is often cheaper for 4 people on the standard fares, but I understand are not guaranteed to be available on the day. Also a £20 (for the year) network card covers much of the South East and gets 1/3 off off-peak fares, so it can work out better to split a journey to the boundary (such as Worcester). Anyway, some people have found these threads useful, so any other tips (such as the £1 Oxford-Paddington fares) always appreciated. |
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Post by ConcreteBob on Sept 17, 2010 15:51:46 GMT
Sounds like something I might look into.
I've always found buying two singles can be also work out cheaper. Especially when going to London - I got down to the West Ham game for £15 from Leamington Spa.
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Post by junior1 on Sept 17, 2010 21:40:52 GMT
Good work slappy... I picked up a good deal on trains going Brighton from Oxford in November using the group saver £23 return over 2 days..
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