Buying U2356 or U3456 Ticket

[gm]

Afternoon all

I purchase a return ticket each day going from U2356 to Basildon and have to queue up at the ticket office to purchase. Does anyone have any idea how I can buy this ticket online in advance? there doesn't appear to be an option to enter u2356 as the destination in any of the ticket sites i've looked at!

ta very much in advance for your help!

 

[Thewanderer]

I'm no expert on UK ticketing but a season ticket has got to be better value than buying a return ticket each day!

 

[CCF23]

You could use an oyster to Upminster (valid on c2c as far as Upminster) and then buy your ticket i imagine it would be cheaper and Upminster ticket office isn't usually that busy. I would advise you go to the smaller ticket office on platform 1 as this is always quieter.

 

[John @ home]

I purchase a return ticket each day going from U2356 to Basildon and have to queue up at the ticket office to purchase. Does anyone have any idea how I can buy this ticket online in advance?

Sorry, no.

a season ticket has got to be better value than buying a return ticket each day!

If you can find an appropriate one.

Origin: BASILDON
Destination: ZONE U2356 LONDN
Route: ANY PERMITTED
Standard Class Single SDS - ANYTIME DAY SINGLE C2C Adult £6.80
Standard Class Return SDR - ANYTIME DAY RETURN C2C Adult £11.20
Standard Class Season - No fares available

Unfortunately gm is not better off with a Travelcard if making 5 return journeys a week.

Origin: BASILDON
Destination: ZONE R2356 ZONES
Route: ANY PERMITTED
Standard Class Season 7TS - TRAVELCARD 7DAYS C2C Adult £61.40

John

 

[OwlMan]

Afternoon all

I purchase a return ticket each day going from U2356 to Basildon and have to queue up at the ticket office to purchase. Does anyone have any idea how I can buy this ticket online in advance? there doesn't appear to be an option to enter u2356 as the destination in any of the ticket sites i've looked at!

ta very much in advance for your help!

Which station do you travel to? or does it vary?

 

[Mojo]

You can purchase the ticket in advance from any staffed booking office. For a journey I used to do it was cheaper to buy 5 day returns than a season and I used to go to the station during lunch on a Friday to buy tickets for the following week.

 

[Hager98]

To save time cant buy you buy the 5 returns from the ticket office say on Monday, rather than one everyday?

 

[Stats]

You can purchase them from London Midland under the entry "Zone U2356 London"

 

[glynn80]

You can purchase them from London Midland under the entry "Zone U2356 London"

Just a slight correction, London Midland states that "Zone U2356 London" is not a valid location. However if you use the drop down menu you can find the Zone U2356 destination under "Zone U2356 Londn".

 

[Bill Badger]

You can purchase them from London Midland under the entry "Zone U2356 London"

I've not checked every combination but this just appears to offer you an all zones Travelcard despite asking for Zone 1 to be excluded

 

[John @ home]

this just appears to offer you an all zones Travelcard despite asking for Zone 1 to be excluded

No. It works for me. Make sure you have cookies enabled on your computer. In the From: box type Zone. From the drop-down list, choose Zone U2356 Londn. In the To: box type Basil or BSO. From the drop-down list, choose Basildon. This offers an Anytime Day Return at £10.50.

Origin: BASILDON
Destination: ZONE U2356 LONDN
Route: ANY PERMITTED ...
Standard Class Return SDR - ANYTIME DAY RETURN C2C Adult £11.20

Sorry, that's the wrong direction! A Basildon - Zone U2356 Londn SDR is £11.20. A Zone U2356 Londn - Basildon SDR is against the peak flow, and costs only £10.50. My mistake!

John

 

[gm]

fantastic! thanks for all your posts guys! I just find it funny that's extremely hard to buy this sort of ticket online! it is almost like they are hiding it to make you buy a more expensive combination! .. I will check out the london midland site! cheers!

 

[yorkie]

fantastic! thanks for all your posts guys! I just find it funny that's extremely hard to buy this sort of ticket online! it is almost like they are hiding it to make you buy a more expensive combination! .. I will check out the london midland site! cheers!

The railway companies are making millions of pounds by overcharging customers. They don't want us to find the cheapest combinations. They make it as difficult as they can but they cannot make it impossible. And when we do ask for them, they must provide them.