Train prices and times

[pds]

Can anyone of you train addicts find a cheapish ticket to Weymouth on the 13th July returning on the 20th.
I have skimmed through a few sites but the prices seem extortionate.
To anyone who finds me a good price I'll buy a pint.

 

[Jeff]

Can anyone of you train addicts find a cheapish ticket to Weymouth on the 13th July returning on the 20th.
I have skimmed through a few sites but the prices seem extortionate.
To anyone who finds me a good price I'll buy a pint.

What time of day would you like to leave/return?

How many of you are going?

Have you got a youn person's railcard?

 

[Jeff]

Fridays are generally a more expensive day to travel, due to demand on that day.

 

[pds]

What time of day would you like to leave/return? Earlyish

How many of you are going? 2 adults

Have you got a youn person's railcard? No

Fridays are generally a more expensive day to travel, due to demand on that day.
Saturday is also a possibility

 

[Jeff]

What is earlyish?

If you mean peak time in the morning you're unlikely to get any cheap tickets.

 

[pds]

What is earlyish?

If you mean peak time in the morning you're unlikely to get any cheap tickets.

Before dinner time.


It's only a preference, if tickets are cheaper later on then I'm happy with that.

 

[Brauny Blue]

Not travelled by train for ages, but i would like to visit the smoke on a Saturday in the coming weeks. Can anyone tell me if there is any restrictions on Saturday travelling, and roughly how much it costs for a Leicester to London return.

 

[Durham Fox]

Not travelled by train for ages, but i would like to visit the smoke on a Saturday in the coming weeks. Can anyone tell me if there is any restrictions on Saturday travelling, and roughly how much it costs for a Leicester to London return.

did it for £6 each way a few weeks ago, had to book well in advance though

 

[pds]

Not travelled by train for ages, but i would like to visit the smoke on a Saturday in the coming weeks. Can anyone tell me if there is any restrictions on Saturday travelling, and roughly how much it costs for a Leicester to London return.

Hey get out of my thread. :icon_bigg

 

[Jeff]

Not travelled by train for ages, but i would like to visit the smoke on a Saturday in the coming weeks. Can anyone tell me if there is any restrictions on Saturday travelling, and roughly how much it costs for a Leicester to London return.

No restrictions if you buy a saver ticket, but that costs something like £40 for a return, unless you use some tricks to split the journey into separate tickets, which would restrict which trains you could use.
You may be able to do the return trip for £12 if you're prepared to book on specific trains.

 

[Brauny Blue]

did it for £6 each way a few weeks ago, had to book well in advance though

Last time i went on a Saturday it was £17. I would be suprised if it was cheaper than that because it must be 3-4 years since i last went

 

[MHS]

Can anyone of you train addicts find a cheapish ticket to Weymouth on the 13th July returning on the 20th.
I have skimmed through a few sites but the prices seem extortionate.
To anyone who finds me a good price I'll buy a pint.

Does this mean you ain't going Skeggy?

 

[Brauny Blue]

No restrictions if you buy a saver ticket, but that costs something like £40 for a return, unless you use some tricks to split the journey into separate tickets, which would restrict which trains you could use.
You may be able to do the return trip for £12 if you're prepared to book on specific trains.

When you say specific trains do you mean that you depart at set times i.e you can only leave St Pancras at say 7.20pm to return

 

[pds]

Does this mean you ain't going Skeggy?

No, very long (and boring,and ****ing annoying) story.

Not fussed about not going Skeggy just the reasons behibd it.

 

[drummindefender]

Does this mean you ain't going Skeggy?

more importantly hes out of a tbfc match!

 

[MHS]

more importantly hes out of a tbfc match!

I will be the week before (12th July). :icon_redf

 

[Jeff]

Before dinner time.


It's only a preference, if tickets are cheaper later on then I'm happy with that.

The fares the online planner will tell you:
The standard Saver fare is £78.20. You could get two singles for around £68.
You could buy a young person's railcard ( http://www.youngpersons-railcard.co.uk/ ) for £20 and that would give you a third off, so it would more than pay for itself and you'd get a third off tickets for a year.

But by booking separate tickets to/from London you could potentially save money. The problem is you're leaving it a bit late for the journey on the 13th.

There are plenty of London to Weymouth return tickets, on specific trains, for £24.10. So if you'd booked far enough in advance you'd have been able to do the Leicester to London bit for £7 each way, giving you a fare of around £38 plus the cost of getting across London.
But I'm struggling to find cheap Leicester to London tickets at the moment.
There may be other ways to split the journey up, I'll also look into that.

 

[Jeff]

When you say specific trains do you mean that you depart at set times i.e you can only leave St Pancras at say 7.20pm to return

Yes. You have a seat booked on a specific train, your ticket is only valid for that seat on that train. I think the cheapest is £7 each way now, it was £6. There are a limited number of cheap tickets on each train though, so you usually need to book several weeks in advance to get the cheapest ones.

 

[pds]

When you say specific trains do you mean that you depart at set times i.e you can only leave St Pancras at say 7.20pm to return

Oi, I told you once get out my thread.

 

[MHS]

Oi, I told you once get out my thread.

Stand on the fecker, squash him. :icon_bigg