Llandudno to Rock Ferry

[Llandudno]

Daft, I know, but considering watching Tranmere V Notts County on Saturday!

TfW and National Rail are suggesting the following routing and fares from Llandudno to Rock Ferry

Via Shotton, Bidston and Hamilton Square £26.10. - 4 trains
No fare shown for the obvious route with just one change at Chester. - 2 trains

Bizarrely put in Llandudno to Liverpool and your are routed via Chester (and Rock Ferry, of course!) for £23.90.

More ammunition for a simplified fare structure, I suppose, but I bet they will simply scrap the £23.90 option!

Any ideas for a cheaper Llandudno to Rock Ferry day return on Saturday, other than buying the Liverpool ticket and travelling short!

 

[Clip]

Have a go with trainsplit and enter your via points and see what it comes up with

https://raileasy.trainsplit.com/?brand=railukforums

 

[Romilly]

new.trainsplit.com suggests splitting flexible returns at Bebington (stop before Rock Ferry) for a total of £24.45 plus 17p share of saving. All trains between Chester and Rock Ferry appear to call at Bebington so far as I can see.

 

[supervalkoinen]

Daft, I know, but considering watching Tranmere V Notts County on Saturday!

TfW and National Rail are suggesting the following routing and fares from Llandudno to Rock Ferry

Via Shotton, Bidston and Hamilton Square £26.10. - 4 trains
No fare shown for the obvious route with just one change at Chester. - 2 trains

Bizarrely put in Llandudno to Liverpool and your are routed via Chester (and Rock Ferry, of course!) for £23.90.

More ammunition for a simplified fare structure, I suppose, but I bet they will simply scrap the £23.90 option!

Any ideas for a cheaper Llandudno to Rock Ferry day return on Saturday, other than buying the Liverpool ticket and travelling short!

Using the TPE mixing deck, I can get the £26.10 fare, valid via Chester.

 

[Mutant Lemming]

Try Llandudno to Heswall @ £18.90
- one of the options routes you via Birkenhead as below and as it's an off peak return should be no problem breaking the journey at Rock Ferry

Train 09:08 Llandudno [LLD]
2

Llandudno Junction [LLJ]
09:18 2 0h 10m
Calling points Arrives Departs
Deganwy [DGY] 09:12 09:12


Transport for Wales service from Llandudno to Llandudno Junction show calling points

Train 09:25 Llandudno Junction [LLJ]
1

Chester [CTR]
10:15 3B 0h 50m
Calling points Arrives Departs
Colwyn Bay [CWB] 09:30 09:31
Rhyl [RHL] 09:40 09:41
Prestatyn [PRT] 09:46 09:47
Flint [FLN] 09:59 10:00


Transport for Wales service from Holyhead to Cardiff Central show calling points

Train 10:31 Chester [CTR]
7B

Birkenhead Hamilton Square [BKQ]
11:06 1 0h 35m
Calling points Arrives Departs
Bache [BAC] 10:35 10:35
Hooton [HOO] 10:44 10:44
Eastham Rake [ERA] 10:46 10:46
Bromborough [BOM] 10:48 10:48
Bromborough Rake [BMR] 10:50 10:50
Spital [SPI] 10:52 10:52
Port Sunlight [PSL] 10:54 10:54
Bebington [BEB] 10:56 10:56
Rock Ferry [RFY] 10:59 10:59
Green Lane [GNL] 11:02 11:02
Birkenhead Central [BKC] 11:04 11:04


Merseyrail service from Chester to Chester show calling points

Train 11:15 Birkenhead Hamilton Square [BKQ]
3

Birkenhead North [BKN]
11:22 3 0h 07m
Calling points Arrives Departs
Conway Park [CNP] 11:17 11:17
Birkenhead Park [BKP] 11:19 11:19


Merseyrail service from West Kirby to West Kirby show calling points

Replacement Bus 11:27 Birkenhead North [BKN]

Heswall [HSW]
11:52 0h 25m

 

[tony_mac]

It's an off-peak return with code 8A, which does purport to restrict break of journey.
That's also a very circuitous route, although I doubt anyone would notice.
Llandudno to Upton is also the same price - it would even be possible to walk to the ground from Upton (~3 miles).

 

[Llandudno]

Thanks for the tips!
Probably buy a Llandudno - Upton ticket, can’t imagine there will be any issues alighting/boarding at Rock Ferry.

The routing via Chester makes more sense this Saturday as half of the Wrexham-Bidston trains are replaced by buses in order to provide extra capacity in Cardiff because of the rugby. Although I think it is disappointing to rob trains from the Bidston and Conwy Valley lines because of a rugby match 150 miles away!