bangor-toad
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Hi there,
I'm looking to travel from Southampton to Belfast on Thursday evening. I can't fly (ear trouble!) so the obvious and usual route of a simple Flybe flight isn't going to be possible.
So, I turn to the trusty SailRail ticket. What I would like to do is this:
Southampton - London. Thursday. Evening. May have to meet friends for beer
Euston - Glasgow. Thursday night Sleeper. (Paying the £50 supplement)
Friday morning. Run across Glasgow Central for a highly iffy 10 minute connection to the train to the first Sailrail bus from Ayr. Or if running late a looooong leisurely breakfast in Glasgow and then get the next Sailrail bus & ferry 4 hours later.
I know a return ticket has a ridiculous amount of flexibility and will let you do this sort of vague planning on the return leg.
I don't think the single offers you quite the same flexibility and does a single ticket bought to start the trip on the 10th allow you to finish it on the 11th?
I can't get a printout for the via Glasgow route. All I can get is a Euston - Carlisle - Kilmarnock - Ayr route. That'd be nice but I don't feel the fun of leaving the sleeper at 5:18am to change at Carlisle and would prefer to sort of sleep all the way the Glasgow for another couple of hours. However the minimum connecting time at Glasgow Central is 15 minutes which means the Glasgow option won't come up on the booking site.
Oh, the other trick of via a Euston - Dalmuir on the Fort William sleeper looked good until I found that was fully booked. D'oh!
Also, I'm trying to avoid the Birkenhead ferry as that gets me back to Belfast at 6:30am and questions about going into work for the rest of the day...
So, the question:
Can a single ticket give me the flexibility I want over the two days?
Cheers,
Mr Toad
I'm looking to travel from Southampton to Belfast on Thursday evening. I can't fly (ear trouble!) so the obvious and usual route of a simple Flybe flight isn't going to be possible.
So, I turn to the trusty SailRail ticket. What I would like to do is this:
Southampton - London. Thursday. Evening. May have to meet friends for beer
Euston - Glasgow. Thursday night Sleeper. (Paying the £50 supplement)
Friday morning. Run across Glasgow Central for a highly iffy 10 minute connection to the train to the first Sailrail bus from Ayr. Or if running late a looooong leisurely breakfast in Glasgow and then get the next Sailrail bus & ferry 4 hours later.
I know a return ticket has a ridiculous amount of flexibility and will let you do this sort of vague planning on the return leg.
I don't think the single offers you quite the same flexibility and does a single ticket bought to start the trip on the 10th allow you to finish it on the 11th?
I can't get a printout for the via Glasgow route. All I can get is a Euston - Carlisle - Kilmarnock - Ayr route. That'd be nice but I don't feel the fun of leaving the sleeper at 5:18am to change at Carlisle and would prefer to sort of sleep all the way the Glasgow for another couple of hours. However the minimum connecting time at Glasgow Central is 15 minutes which means the Glasgow option won't come up on the booking site.
Oh, the other trick of via a Euston - Dalmuir on the Fort William sleeper looked good until I found that was fully booked. D'oh!
Also, I'm trying to avoid the Birkenhead ferry as that gets me back to Belfast at 6:30am and questions about going into work for the rest of the day...
So, the question:
Can a single ticket give me the flexibility I want over the two days?
Cheers,
Mr Toad