Quite a lot in papers today about this (which I read on train after following experience!)
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9316366/Four-in-ten-rail-passengers-pay-too-much-for-train-tickets.html
Was at Exeter needing to get to Cheltenham. Went to quick ticket machine and was quoted £68. Thought that a bit expensive (!) so went to ticket office.Conversation went roughly as follows.
"Good morning, how much is a single to Cheltenham with senior Railcard?"
"It's £34.50 Sir"
"But I looked it up on The Trainline last night and it said about £22"
"Yes Sir, but that would be booking in advance and off-peak and with a railcard"
"Yes but The Trainline said it was no cheaper to book in advance and it is now off peak and you have seen my railcard"
"Yes Sir, but it is £34.50"
"OK, What if I bought a ticket to Bristol Temple Meads"
"That would be £16.45 Sir"
"And a ticket from Bristol Temple Meads to Cheltenham?"
"That would be £5.35 Sir"
"So that makes a total of £21.85 from here to Cheltenham?"
"Yes Sir"
"I think I'll do it that way then - do I need to change trains at Bristol"
"No Sir, take the 10.23 from platform 5 for Glasgow"
"Thank you for your help"
Is there any wonder train fares are confusing??
Could have paid £68, ended up paying £21.85
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As usual there was an interesting article in Private Eye a few weeks ago on this. A total nonsense... My God daughter regularly travels long distance by train, she economises by getting bite size tickets in that fashion.
Last edited by: R.P. on Fri 8 Jun 12 at 20:41
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Yep, saw that in PE -your God-daughter might be interested in this
www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-train-tickets#app
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Yep, we often meet friends in borderlands between Wrexham and Chester.
Euston to Chester via 17:10 on a Friday is peak fare. However, my season covers Euston to MK. Separate tickets MK to Nuneaton and off peak Nuneaton to Chester reduce cost from near £100 to £40.
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Train fare confusion - R.P.
