Recent content by Eager Beaver

Never having done this, and not wanting to sound totally stupid, but how do you get the tickets if they are split (and potentially with different carriers)? At present I order online, get a code and then pick up at the machines or desk in the station. Presumably 'split ticketting' is as easy as...

How long is the journey though? If most of my day is spent travelling, then I would have to book an extra night in the hotel to compensate, so bang goes my money saving. From what I have read so far, my speediest journey is the one I am doing already, but what I need to look out for is Advance...

Wow. Thank you for the speedy and knowledgeable replies. I know about my journeys roughly 2 weeks ahead (mostly because I have to book accommodation in York and as a tourist city gets very busy and booked weeks in advance). I said London because, yes, that's the only route I knew (Kings X to...

Hello, first time poster with a query about rail travel to York. I have to go every few weeks now to visit an elderly relative, and it's getting expensive. Even with a senior railcard, I am having to pay around £70-80 for a return journey from my home station (Chelmsford) via Kings Cross and...