Hi,
Hypothetical but I'm attending Glastonbury festival next month and will be travelling back to Birmingham on the Monday. I've found a decently priced advance ticket from Castle Cary that involves changing at Bristol.
My concern is that it leaves at what I expect will be the peak time, early afternoon. My understanding from friends who have used trains before from the festival is that the station is usually incredibly busy and operates a general queue to reach the platforms. Although I intend to be at the station in plenty of time should I find myself in a queue and therefore unable to board my train would the advance ticket be invalidated and how likely would I be face difficulty using the ticket. My main concern would be the connecting train rather than the first our of Castle Cary.
Am I better just biting the bullet and buying an off peak or anytime?
Hypothetical but I'm attending Glastonbury festival next month and will be travelling back to Birmingham on the Monday. I've found a decently priced advance ticket from Castle Cary that involves changing at Bristol.
My concern is that it leaves at what I expect will be the peak time, early afternoon. My understanding from friends who have used trains before from the festival is that the station is usually incredibly busy and operates a general queue to reach the platforms. Although I intend to be at the station in plenty of time should I find myself in a queue and therefore unable to board my train would the advance ticket be invalidated and how likely would I be face difficulty using the ticket. My main concern would be the connecting train rather than the first our of Castle Cary.
Am I better just biting the bullet and buying an off peak or anytime?