I need to be in Aberdeen for a couple of minutes on the 23rd of Saturday. I cannot travel the previous day, so I plan to do the round trip in one day (which is insane, I know).
My plan is:
0545 London Euston to Glasgow Central (arrives at 1059)
1141 Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen (arrives at 1414)
1444 Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street (arrives at 1715)
1730 Glasgow Central to London Euston (arrives at 2311)
There are some issues with this. I cannot seem to get a complete itinerary for this journey, which I suspect is due to the Glasgow connection on the way back being too tight. I know that I can probably walk this in about ~7 minutes but I think the minimum connection time is around 30 minutes. Second, I cannot seem to get an open return ticket for this journey (LNER setting fares for London to Aberdeen, I suspect). I seem to be able to get an open return if I select Watford Junction as the origin, which I might have to go for in the case that I miss either the 1444 or the 1730 (and a single probably will not be valid on the next day given that the Glasgow connection is not within the minimum connection time).
Does anyone have any advice on if there is a better journey that I can do on the day or if there is a valid ticket that will cover me in case I need to do an overnight stay in Scotland? I would have used the Sleeper otherwise but it doesn't run on Saturday nights
My plan is:
0545 London Euston to Glasgow Central (arrives at 1059)
1141 Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen (arrives at 1414)
1444 Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street (arrives at 1715)
1730 Glasgow Central to London Euston (arrives at 2311)
There are some issues with this. I cannot seem to get a complete itinerary for this journey, which I suspect is due to the Glasgow connection on the way back being too tight. I know that I can probably walk this in about ~7 minutes but I think the minimum connection time is around 30 minutes. Second, I cannot seem to get an open return ticket for this journey (LNER setting fares for London to Aberdeen, I suspect). I seem to be able to get an open return if I select Watford Junction as the origin, which I might have to go for in the case that I miss either the 1444 or the 1730 (and a single probably will not be valid on the next day given that the Glasgow connection is not within the minimum connection time).
Does anyone have any advice on if there is a better journey that I can do on the day or if there is a valid ticket that will cover me in case I need to do an overnight stay in Scotland? I would have used the Sleeper otherwise but it doesn't run on Saturday nights