ConfusedMuch?
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Hi I would be so so so so so grateful if somebody could help me here.
Basically I finish my exams on the 24th of June, so on the 25th of June me and my mates all want to go to London for the day and "become tourists in our own country".
But the tickets are so confusing!
The website that I'm using to book tickets is fistcapitalconnect.co.uk and we want to go from any train station in Birmingham to any train station in London. Obviously we'll want to travel by tube quite a bit so it would make sense to get a railcard.
Here comes the problem:
So far on a child return ticket to Birmingham leaving Snow Hill at 09:12 and arriving in Marylebone at 11:30, then leaving Marylebone at 17:00 and arriving in Snow Hill at 19:01, we have two options. Either we can get an off-peak return for £16.00 or a Travelcard off peak for £18.00.
I was going to get the travelcard because I thought that it would then include tube travel as it is a travelcard. However it says 'only valid for routes passing through High Wycombe'. To me this makes no sense at all - Marylebone and High Wycombe are about 30 miles apart!
So does anybody know what exactly this travelcard entitles me to, and whether I would be better off getting the £16.00 ticket and then getting a seperate travel card for the tube and buses for £3.60?
Please please please help - this is supposed to be an amazing day out to celebrate the end of 17 (!!!!!) exams!
Thank you so much!
Basically I finish my exams on the 24th of June, so on the 25th of June me and my mates all want to go to London for the day and "become tourists in our own country".
But the tickets are so confusing!
The website that I'm using to book tickets is fistcapitalconnect.co.uk and we want to go from any train station in Birmingham to any train station in London. Obviously we'll want to travel by tube quite a bit so it would make sense to get a railcard.
Here comes the problem:
So far on a child return ticket to Birmingham leaving Snow Hill at 09:12 and arriving in Marylebone at 11:30, then leaving Marylebone at 17:00 and arriving in Snow Hill at 19:01, we have two options. Either we can get an off-peak return for £16.00 or a Travelcard off peak for £18.00.
I was going to get the travelcard because I thought that it would then include tube travel as it is a travelcard. However it says 'only valid for routes passing through High Wycombe'. To me this makes no sense at all - Marylebone and High Wycombe are about 30 miles apart!
So does anybody know what exactly this travelcard entitles me to, and whether I would be better off getting the £16.00 ticket and then getting a seperate travel card for the tube and buses for £3.60?
Please please please help - this is supposed to be an amazing day out to celebrate the end of 17 (!!!!!) exams!
Thank you so much!
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