London - Shildon

autotank · 30 Jan 2014

Hello,

Looking to head to see the A4s at Shildon on either Saturday 15th or 22nd of February. We want to have around 5 hours at Shildon and leave Kings Cross sometime after 8am. Hopefully there will be 4 of us travelling.

Initial look at advances look like it'll cost around £100 each which seems a bit steep - can anybody do better?

Thanks in advance!

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pennine · 30 Jan 2014

autotank said:
Hello,

Looking to head to see the A4s at Shildon on either Saturday 15th or 22nd of February. We want to have around 5 hours at Shildon and leave Kings Cross sometime after 8am. Hopefully there will be 4 of us travelling.

Initial look at advances look like it'll cost around £100 each which seems a bit steep - can anybody do better?

Thanks in advance!

Have you tried tickets from London to Darlington (then get the bus the remainder) as the trains up the Bishop Line are few and far between. Or even Grand Central to Eaglescliffe?

yorkie · 30 Jan 2014

£310.40 total cost for 4 people:
Departing King's Cross 0800, arriving Shildon 1112 on the outward
Departing Shildon 1530, arriving King's Cross 1945 on the return

pennine · 30 Jan 2014

If you don't mind travelling a bit longer, you get it for £80.30 going via Leeds.

rg177 · 30 Jan 2014

From what I can see on the East Coast website-
For 4 people, these are the advance fares-
Dep London 0800, Arr Shildon 1112- £137.80
Dep Shildon 1530, Arr London 1943- £137.80

That comes to £275.60, around £68.90 each.
There is an alternative return at 1809 arr 2250 but that is £172.60, coming to £310.40.

I've had a look at splits at Darlington and York to no avail, I'm sure someone else here will have something else to offer

yorkie · 30 Jan 2014

If you require walk-up tickets:

KGX-PBO CDR 32.00
PBO-YRK GDR 46.80
YRH-SHD SVR 24.50*

Total £103.30 each, but you have to put up with calling at Peterborough both ways.
(approx £8 can be saved by splitting at Northallerton, if you can put up with that!)
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rg177 said:
Dep London 0800, Arr Shildon 1112- £137.80

This showed up as £172.60 for me, perhaps there is insufficient quota at the lower tier.

rg177 · 30 Jan 2014

It seems to still show as the lower price for me.

34D · 30 Jan 2014

How about
KGX-PBO day return (super off-peak, FCC only) £18.00
PBO-YRK day return (GDR) £46.80
YRK-Shildon day return £24.50

Total £89.30 each (with no fixed trains, allowing for flexibility) - does anyone know whether any of the above fares are eligible for GroupSave or EC small group discount?

yorkie · 30 Jan 2014

rg177 said:
It seems to still show as the lower price for me.

Ah, you searched for the 22nd. I searched for the 15th.

Make it April (random date selected) and the price plummets to £79 (outward leg) and £43 (return leg) totalling £122.00 for the entire party for a return journey!

Needless to say I would not go in February!

I'd also recommend considering a trip on the Weardale Railway.

Romilly · 31 Jan 2014

I think that the Weardale Railway is only offering themed lunch/tea/dinner trips starting in about June, and then Polar Express trips as Christmas approaches.

yorkie · 31 Jan 2014

Romilly said:
I think that the Weardale Railway is only offering themed lunch/tea/dinner trips starting in about June, and then Polar Express trips as Christmas approaches.

I've looked at their website, and they seem to only run premium trains. Will it no longer be possible for us to load our bikes on at Bishop Auckland in the morning and arrive at Stanhope around midday, having paid a reasonable single fare (was £5.50 I think)? It's not at all clear from their website, but I guess not.

alanf · 1 Feb 2014

Ive just had a quick look at Grandcentral to Eaglescliffe on the 22nd. You can go first class both ways for £43 Roughly 7 30 off the Cross and 6 10 back. if you return standard it was £32 obviously you have to get from Eaglescliffe to Shildon but if you were lucky you could get to travel on a 142 Dont google 142 it will spoil the surprise
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Sorry it was 8 11 leaving the Cross

fireftrm · 1 Feb 2014

No trains on the Weardale other than premium diners and Polar Express

Bish Boy · 6 Feb 2014

pennine said:
Have you tried tickets from London to Darlington (then get the bus the remainder) as the trains up the Bishop Line are few and far between. Or even Grand Central to Eaglescliffe?

Northern are putting on extra Trains between Darlington and Bishop the additions to the standard timetable is here
http://www.northernrail.org/offers/Exhibitions+and+Events/Locomotion,+the+National+Railway+Museum+at+Shildon

The extra train is Northern’s “Timothy Hackworth” (156438) so a good chance too miss a nodding donkey lol

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