Advance tickets from St Pancras to Sheffield on 2nd December

[pedr]

I can’t seem to find any advance tickets for St Pancras (or King’s Cross) to Sheffield on 2nd December except the odd Grand Central one. There are tickets to London on the Friday and have been for at least a week, but none going north. Does anyone know if they are yet to be released, or if there’s a way to see if they’ve all sold?

Many thanks!

 

[bb21]

You are way too early. Neither EMT nor LNER have released Advance fare tickets for Sunday 2nd December yet.

See booking horizons: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/44703.aspx

 

[pedr]

Thanks. I hadn’t realised that the tickets would be released at different times based on days of the week but I suppose it makes sense if plans for Sundays are set later than for other days.

 

[ForTheLoveOf]

Thanks. I hadn’t realised that the tickets would be released at different times based on days of the week but I suppose it makes sense if plans for Sundays are set later than for other days.

The Sunday timetable is often confirmed far later than the Monday-Friday or even the Saturday timetable; more engineering work is generally scheduled for Sundays, for which scheduled may need to be adjusted, and at the moment the rail industry is generally working to a 6 week timetable headway (rather than the usual 12 weeks).

 

[suzanneparis]

Thanks for the helpful link bb21.

 

[Skymonster]

Sunday 2nd December isn't looking particularly pretty either for the MML or the ECML...

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/currentAndFuture.aspx?TravelDate=02/12/2018&TOC=

Looks like times are not yet confirmed on the MML and trains are diverted north of Peterborugh on the ECML until 12:00.

 

[pedr]

Thanks for pointing that out! It has me looking at going Euston-New St-Sheffield which works out ok as I’ll be going back to Birmingham for Christmas.

 

[John @ home]

It has me looking at going Euston-New St-Sheffield which works out ok as I’ll be going back to Birmingham for Christmas.

This route has attractive walk-on fares if you use London Northwestern Railway and CrossCountry only:

• £168.00 (Railcard £110.90) Standard Anytime Return (SOR) London Euston - Sheffield Route LNR & XC Only
• £57.00 (Railcard £37.60) Standard Off-Peak Return (SVR) London Euston - Sheffield Route LNR & XC Only (Out: M-F not 0430-0844. No break of outward journey.)
• £48.00 (Railcard £31.70) Standard Super Off-Peak Return (OPR) London Euston - Sheffield Route LNR & XC Only (Out: M-Sat not before 1030 nor 1630-1930 except 1846 (Sat) Euston - stations Nuneaton to Crewe and 18:25 (Sat) Northampton - Birmingham. Return: M-Sat not to arrive London before 13:00 nor depart Sheffield 1630-1930. A connecting service can be used to complete a journey begun at a valid time. No break of outward journey.)