Train Cost

andrewb · 08-06-2007, 12:12

I'm going to Prime Ministers Questions on the 20th June, week before Blair stands down!

I'm stupid and left it till now to book train tickets. I need to be there by 12:30 and the cheapest I can come up with on virgin website is £62.90 there and £62.90 back for two people. This is quite expensive still.. is there any way to get it cheaper? I'll be going anyway so will have to fork it out if I can't get it cheaper.. but was wondering if anybody knew anything about trains that I didn't.

Ps. Whats semi-flexible because thats what those tickets are.

K.S.H · 08-06-2007, 12:26

Sorry can't help but you could ask Janet Anderson from Rossendale, she uses trains a lot

lancsdave · 08-06-2007, 12:26

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Originally Posted by Cyfr

I'm going to Prime Ministers Questions on the 20th June, week before Blair stands down!

I'm stupid and left it till now to book train tickets. I need to be there by 12:30 and the cheapest I can come up with on virgin website is £62.90 there and £62.90 back for two people. This is quite expensive still.. is there any way to get it cheaper? I'll be going anyway so will have to fork it out if I can't get it cheaper.. but was wondering if anybody knew anything about trains that I didn't.

Ps. Whats semi-flexible because thats what those tickets are.

Have you got a young persons railcard ? If so then according to trainline saver return is £42.20 return

andrewb · 08-06-2007, 12:53

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Have you got a young persons railcard ? If so then according to trainline saver return is £42.20 return

I don't have one no. If im getting two tickets must I have a young persons railcard for both tickets? I assume so?

Where do I go to book this £42.20 thing? because I can get a rail card, which would make it £62.20 again but it means I can save on future train journeys dosn't it.

entwisi · 08-06-2007, 12:56

Heh, thats not expensive, when I travel to London for work we have to buy open returns at ~£150

lancsdave · 08-06-2007, 13:11

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Originally Posted by Cyfr

I don't have one no. If im getting two tickets must I have a young persons railcard for both tickets? I assume so?

Where do I go to book this £42.20 thing? because I can get a rail card, which would make it £62.20 again but it means I can save on future train journeys dosn't it.

Yep, railcard for individual person only. You should be able to get it from Accy station, I got my family railcard from there. As a general rule if you make more than 1 train journey a year a railcard will pay for itself.

Don't know how much the bus is to Manchester but on the day you want to go to London you can still pick up a single ticket for £12.85 each way ( with railcard

) from Manchester Piccadily

cashman · 08-06-2007, 13:14

hey thats cheap,leaving it this late, we booked a month in advance,couple of years ago £20 return, to euston, but tried to book Norwich last year n cheapest quote was £240 return,so we drove lol

lancsdave · 08-06-2007, 13:18

The funny thing about this is that it's probably a reverse logic journey. Most people travel by train, have a kip on the way and feel relaxed when they get there. This one will probably be a case of staying awake on the train so you can have a sleep when you get there

andrewb · 08-06-2007, 13:25

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Yep, railcard for individual person only. You should be able to get it from Accy station, I got my family railcard from there. As a general rule if you make more than 1 train journey a year a railcard will pay for itself.

Don't know how much the bus is to Manchester but on the day you want to go to London you can still pick up a single ticket for £12.85 each way ( with railcard

) from Manchester Piccadily

Really?? The bus is only £5 return to manchester..

lancsdave · 08-06-2007, 13:26

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Originally Posted by Cyfr

Really?? The bus is only £5 return to manchester..

What time do you need to be in London by Cyfr ?

accymel · 08-06-2007, 13:30

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

What time do you need to be in London by Cyfr ?

Errr 12.30pm on top post

lancsdave · 08-06-2007, 13:31

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Originally Posted by accymel

Errr 12.30pm on top post

Smart arse

In that case Manchester cheap price is no good because it gets in to Euston at 12.31

MargaretR · 08-06-2007, 13:34

I hope you are not intending to 'demonstrate'' the profound affection you have shown for him

entwisi · 08-06-2007, 13:46

Cyfr,
Megabus are doing 2 seats for £10 each way Manchester to London

megabus.com - low cost intercity travel in the UK

IIRC the first bus from accy is ~6:30 so you might need to get a lift into M/c (speak nicely to your friendly local techie and I could drop you off, You can make your own way home though

That should give you return journey for ~£13 each

Margaret Pilkington · 08-06-2007, 13:59

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Yep, railcard for individual person only. You should be able to get it from Accy station, I got my family railcard from there. As a general rule if you make more than 1 train journey a year a railcard will pay for itself.

Don't know how much the bus is to Manchester but on the day you want to go to London you can still pick up a single ticket for £12.85 each way ( with railcard

) from Manchester Piccadily

Day return from Accrington to Manchester on the bus is a fiver....hope this helps.