Ticket advice - your questions answered by me

**yorkie** · 10th June 2005, 23:10

In this topic I answer all your ticket advice questions.

You are far more likely to save money if you are making a longer-distance journey on the same day.

Here is an example:-

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Originally Posted by Example £14 saving

Cheapest ticket combination for York to London All Zones, day return.

York station will say such a ticket does not exist so buy York to London Terminals (Saver usually), and an All Zones travelcard from King's Cross. With a Y-P that comes to £45+5=£50ish.

But if you buy York to Grantham, and an All Zones travelcard from Grantham, the cost drops to only £17+£19=£36!

A saving of £14. The first train you can get Mon-Fri is the same (0939), on Saturdays/Sundays any time. You must call at Grantham (changing at Doncaster if need be), but the 0939 does call there as do others.

I save £14 each time I go to London. I would not go if it was £50.

Don't ask for the cheapest Wick to Penzance combination though - as such journeys are not possible in a day, and a through ticket for a very long distance will actually be cheaper.

10th June 2005, 23:25

Bournemouth - Waterloo child please.

joy54.gen · 11th June 2005, 00:44

It will most prob be just a CDR which you can't really get cheaper then. You can get deals liek Groupsave if you have a small group. Or Railcards etc.

Lesjordans · 11th June 2005, 08:00

What is the cheapest Glasgow-London for 1 Adult, 1 Child and a Family Railcard? I dont find if its Euston or Kings Cross i end up at

thanks

**yorkie** · 11th June 2005, 09:56

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Originally Posted by tubechallenger

Bournemouth - Waterloo child please.

Quote:

Originally Posted by joy54

It will most prob be just a CDR which you can't really get cheaper then. You can get deals like Groupsave if you have a small group. Or Railcards etc.

Yeah, Joy54 is right. You're lucky in that you can get a competetively priced CDR for this relatively long journey.

(I'm not sure about GroupSave - it's disappeared from the NR site, but I know some TOCs still do it).

**yorkie** · 11th June 2005, 09:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lesjordans

What is the cheapest Glasgow-London for 1 Adult, 1 Child and a Family Railcard? I dont find if its Euston or Kings Cross i end up at

thanks

Virgin Value 14 day Advance singles (VV14), £14.45 each way for both of you (as they do Family Railcard discounts, GNER don't for their cheapest tickets).

Lesjordans · 11th June 2005, 10:04

Thanks yorkie thats really good!

jonb · 12th June 2005, 11:04

What is cheaper:

- Shenfield - Rhymney Cheap Day Return

OR

- Shenfield - Cardiff Central then buy a Rhymney Rover Ticket

Cheers

Julian G · 12th June 2005, 20:40

How much does travelling on these?
Kensington Olympia-East Croydon on a Voyager?
London St.Pancras to York via Chesterfield?

**yorkie** · 13th June 2005, 00:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonb

What is cheaper:

- Shenfield - Rhymney Cheap Day Return

OR

- Shenfield - Cardiff Central then buy a Rhymney Rover Ticket

Cheers

Without checking, I can say the former does not exist. But a Saver to Rhymney will definitely be cheaper than a Saver to Cardiff then a Valley Lines Rover. (A Rhymney rover doesn't exist either).

If you are going on 2 July for the meet, you can get cheaper tickets if some of us get together and buy them as a group..

**yorkie** · 13th June 2005, 00:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1288gaje

How much does travelling on these?
Kensington Olympia-East Croydon on a Voyager?
London St.Pancras to York via Chesterfield?

You misunderstand. This topic isn't meant to be for me to telll you a bog standard fare that you can easily find out yourself, this is for me to provide info on routeing, combinations of tickets etc.

Kenny O - East Croydon you can easily look up. If you have any further queries about routeing then ask. You've not specified any information (time, peak?, adult/child/railcard?),

London - York - depends on time, when returning, railcard, number of people going, etc!

There is no cheaper 'Route Chesterfield' ticket, but if you wish to go the (much!!) slower way you are welcome to do so. But you will find it much cheaper to book in advance with GNER (£19 rtn).

Galvanize · 14th June 2005, 19:02

What is a Place X group? Yorkie mentioned it a few times and I can't work out what it means

**yorkie** · 14th June 2005, 20:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galvanize

What is a Place X group? Yorkie mentioned it a few times and I can't work out what it means

Some stations are grouped by ATOC. See the Routeing Guide for info.

Galvanize · 14th June 2005, 20:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by yorkie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galvanize

What is a Place X group? Yorkie mentioned it a few times and I can't work out what it means

Some stations are grouped by ATOC. See the Routeing Guide for info.

Where's Teh routing guide?

**yorkie** · 15th June 2005, 01:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galvanize

Quote:

Originally Posted by yorkie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galvanize

What is a Place X group? Yorkie mentioned it a few times and I can't work out what it means

Some stations are grouped by ATOC. See the Routeing Guide for info.

Where's Teh routing guide?

On the ATOC website, under Rail Settlement Plan.

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Lesjordans Member Join Date: 8 Jun 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 353	Thanks yorkie thats really good!

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jonb Established Member Join Date: 8 Jun 2005 Location: Essex Posts: 1,599	What is cheaper: - Shenfield - Rhymney Cheap Day Return OR - Shenfield - Cardiff Central then buy a Rhymney Rover Ticket Cheers

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