[Slough]

Hi
Can someone please help with a cheap fare travelling tomorrow off peak around lunchtime from slough to rye . It's for 2 adults and 3 children .

I had it at around £70 after buying a friends and family railcard

[SickyNicky]

Hi,

I assume you're coming back the same day? In any case, splitting is unlikely to help on this journey, especially since you'll be travelling on HS1 (I would guess).

The straight through Off Peak Day Return is reasonable value and there's no afternoon restrictions.

[Ivo]

Unless you're willing to take some silly diversion, which wouldn't be practical for a family day trip, the only advice we can really give is to avoid HS1 - which will add anything up to an hour to your journey, for the sake of saving ~10%.

[Slough]

Sorry no its just for a single and it's rye near Hastings , I'm not aware of routes on hs1 ?
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I had planned a group travel card from slough then east Croydon to rye .

or singles Windsor riverside to Clapham junction and then Clapham junction to rye .

[Ivo]

Here is an alternative option that may be worth a look:

Slough - London Paddington - London Bridge - Redhill

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Redhill - Tonbridge - Ashford/Hastings - Rye

This saves almost £15 on the HS1 fare, and £8 on the non-HS1 fare. However, NRE is quoting a journey time of roughly 4½ hours, even though direct services operate on this route between London Bridge and Tonbridge (admittedly only once an hour though)...

In other words, stick with the £63 non-HS1 option. At least that way you can get a direct service through to Ashford from Charing Cross and change there.

[Slough]

Thanks ivo for that the way I was going was via Lewes , I hadn't thought of going to Ashford and then rye .

I have a southern network down lander , I take it's to late to make any alterations to it for tomorrow ?

[sonic2009]

If you happy to do this route and commit to a time :

Slough dep 1210 - London Paddington arr 1229 - Travel via Underground - London Victoria dep 1336 - Brighton arr 1428 dep 1432 - Rye arr 1554

Tickets required :

Slough - London U1 Anytime Day single : route any permitted £21.35 ( ticket to London U1 will allow use of underground to Victoria)

London Victoria - Hastings Advance : route Southern only £14.25 ( For use on Victoria - Brighton train & 1432 Brighton - Hastings, stay on same train for Rye.

Hastings - Rye Anytime day single : route any permitted £9.50

Total journey time : 3hrs 44mins
Total cost : £45.10

Prices are for 2 adults 3 children as requested.

Book the advances tickets before 6pm online at Southern if wishing to use this option.

[Slough]

Thanks Sonic that's great

[sonic2009]

That's of course with a family + friends railcard discount.

[Slough]

Yeah , I have one of those .

[MikeWh]

Originally Posted by Slough

Thanks ivo for that the way I was going was via Lewes , I hadn't thought of going to Ashford and then rye .

I have a southern network down lander , I take it's to late to make any alterations to it for tomorrow ?

Yes, it's too late to add people for tomorrow. More importantly, if you are using yours then you can't go via Ashford as the whole journey must be made on Southern services and Tonbridge to Ashford is only Southeastern.

[Slough]

Yes i have had to buy a complete new ticket I didn't think I could have used mine anyway as the railcard is in my name so I wouldn't have had the same tickets as everyone else