Crewe to Perth on November the 19th

[thenorthern]

Someone I know want to get from Crewe to Perth on the 19th of November and back on the 20th with the afternoon departure on both times and no railcards, does anyone know the cheapest amount they could do it for, cheers for any help.

 

[soil]

Not sure what time they want to depart.

As a starting point, a Crewe - Perth Off-Peak Return is £110.70. It's valid at any time.

http://trainscanbecheaper.info/ suggests that a split into five tickets is possible to reduce the cost of this ticket to £92.90

This isn't the most compelling of discounts and so Advance tickets are probably a better option.

The 19th at 16:09 changing at Preston and Haymarket is £35 Advance Single.

Returning on the 20th, there's a £22.50 single, at 15:37, which NRE warns uses a bus. It turns out this bus is only to cover the short walk between Glasgow Central + Queen Street, so not really a big deal.

It does however suggest that it might be worth forcing the outbound via Glasgow; this however elicits no savings.

So £57.50 return using Advances both ways, and the price will rise as the date gets nearer so do book very soon.

 

[PG]

Further to the suggestions given by Soil, if your friend is prepared to depart a few hours later on the 20th from Perth then they could do

an Advance on the 18:14 to Glasgow Queen St arriving at 19:16 for £ 9.40
walk to Glasgow Central (approx 15 mins)
Megatrain departing at 20:10 which arrives at 23:26 in Crewe and is currently listed at £ 3.00

thereby making the return leg of the journey a total of £ 12.40

Add that to the £ 35 for the outward leg on the 19th gives a total of £ 47.40

Do have to reiterate what Soil has said book asap or these prices will increase.