dk1
Veteran Member
I had a look for a friend yesterday who is looking to travel Sheffield-Norwich next month but this option no longer appears on this route. Anyone know why please?
Presumably EMT no longer have spare seats to pass on to Megatrain.
Peter
I'm inclined to concur, especially with it being summer.
Only Megatrain or EMT will be able to give you an authoritative answer, though.
For whatever reason, it appears EMT have withdrawn Megatrain tickets between Sheffield and Peterborough/Norwich. They did this several months ago - I emailed them to ask why but they just responded with some corporate waffle about reallocating quotas or something. As they haven't appeared on the system in the intervening time, I think it's fair to say they've gone for good from this route.
A shame really - a couple of years ago you could have a day return from Sheffield to Norwich (on a saturday with over 4 hours in Norwich) for a total fare of £2.50! Has there ever been a cheaper UK rail fare in terms of cost per mile?
I don't know what they were thinking with it tbh. Both times I used megatrain to Norwich the trains were full and at certain points (beyond Nottingham) full and standing.
Perhaps, but that wont help the service east of Nottingham which is where the megatrain was aimed at (there was no SHF-NOT availability). This section gets busier every time I use it.Maybe they might look at it again when the extra rolling stock arrives. Many services on this route are very well loaded throughout.
Perhaps, but that wont help the service east of Nottingham which is where the megatrain was aimed at (there was no SHF-NOT availability). This section gets busier every time I use it.