The tickets are no cheaper surely?
Hey, I keep seeing adverts for the trainline website, and am wondering what the benefits or advantages are of buying rail tickets from them are? I usually buy tickets from a booking office or the TOC directly.
The tickets are no cheaper surely?
That's a bit of an exaggeration.The key thing to remember is that all UK train ticket sales are driven off the same fares database. All any of them do is present the information differently. So...you can buy the same tickets, for the same trains, on any website
...but to give good advice, it would be useful if you could give examples of some of the journeys you make most often.Hey, I keep seeing adverts for the trainline website, and am wondering what the benefits or advantages are of buying rail tickets from them are? I usually buy tickets from a booking office or the TOC directly.
The tickets are no cheaper surely?
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A lot of people don't understand the difference between Anytime, Off-Peak and Advance tickets, and get confused because you can buy Anytime and Off-Peak tickets in advance, if you see what I mean.
Agreed. I have said many times that they should be called “Fixed” or something similar. And it would be easy to implement too.Advance was a poor choice of name for said tickets. Even more so now that on selected routes you can buy Advance tickets on the day of travel (even up to 15 mins before travel for a few routes).
(And of course the rail industry prefers - and often requires - passengers to buy a ticket before travelling anyway, i.e. 'in advance of travelling'.)
Agreed. I have said many times that they should be called “Fixed” or something similar. And it would be easy to implement too.
I can just imagine how my late mother would have soundly told me that I was talking nonsense if I told her that the full price tickets that she had bought in advance weren't advance tickets.Advance was a poor choice of name for said tickets. Even more so now that on selected routes you can buy Advance tickets on the day of travel (even up to 15 mins before travel for a few routes).
(And of course the rail industry prefers - and often requires - passengers to buy a ticket before travelling anyway, i.e. 'in advance of travelling'.)