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Where to find cheaper train tickets
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:44 pm
by Andy Hamilton
The new find the
cheapest fare on National rail enq site. It's certainly not foolproof, but it helped me find a cheap ticket to Brighton - £8 single from Bristol or £16 return instead of £65. The downside is that it only really tells you what operator sells what cheap ticket, you have to do the donkey work and actually find the ticket yourself.
Re: Where to find cheaper train tickets
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:07 pm
by Milims
Good to know! My friend and I have just bought a friends and family rail card between us so rail fares are currently on the agenda! Thanks Andy
Re: Where to find cheaper train tickets
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:19 pm
by snapdragon
Great thanks Andy - need a cheap one to get up north
Re: Where to find cheaper train tickets
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:56 pm
by crowsashes
its a bit of hard work but ive found the cheapest way to get cheap train tickets is to buy lots of singles! i went to bristol just before xmas and a standard return was £65 per person ( from plymouth) so i brought a single from plym to exeter and one from exeter to bristol and it cost less than £15 for two adults there and £20 back ( the cheapest we could find and that includes using one student rail card)
forgot to add too we didnt have to change trains either as it was a cross country one
ive also noticed its alot cheaper for me to buy a friends and family rail card and start buying tickets for my son ( hes 2) than just buying one for myself
one trip was £30 cheaper!
makes you wonder how they can do it !