Subsidising that there London, again.Originally Posted by Mobyduck
Subsidising that there London, again.
For once a fairly accurate article - daily travel in an around London not greatly affected as daily cap cheaper anyway, but through rail journeys from outside Greater London become more awkward/expensive, especially where evening peak restrictions apply. Not yet clear how train operators (ie DfT) will respond - also Overground/Elizabeth Line not generally affected.
On leaving the bar, I felt a strong blow to the back of my head. Turning round, I discovered it was the pavement
I stopped using travelcards some time ago - they used to offer great value if you were making more than a couple of journeys in London during the day, but now it's usually cheaper to get a standard train ticket into town then use Oyster or a contactless card with the daily pay-as-you-go cap.
First of the "New Year Sales" on Great Western - book by 10 Jan for travel up to 26 April.
Northern as well - travel from £1 (if you can find one)
Last edited by Pangolin; 05-01-2024 at 08:07.
On leaving the bar, I felt a strong blow to the back of my head. Turning round, I discovered it was the pavement
There's a very helpful Find low-cost train tickets feature, where you can input your start and finish stations, which gives a calendar showing the days when a £1 fare is available between them.
Come On You Hatters!
Has everyone who might be interested picked up on this year's Great British Rail Sale? Purchase by 29 Jan, or when the discounted quota runs out, for travel by 15 March.
On leaving the bar, I felt a strong blow to the back of my head. Turning round, I discovered it was the pavement
Of the two or three locations I tried, a regular ticket split site still works out a fair bit cheaper on a day return.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Is there actually a way to find where these supposed cheap tickets are? Because at the moment it looks like a shop saying there's a sale and then hiding the reduced items in the warehouse.
Select your travel from station (Reading) , won't do Hook for me so Basingstoke in my case then travel to is best to select the inspire me tab and go through the A-Z or else it's needle in a haystack time. All single fares as far as I can see.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Just looked at one of them (Trainsplit) and it clearly showed when a split ticket was (marginally) cheaper and when the sale tickets were cheaper. But the overall effect was a much greater choice of trains with a reduced fare. Note though that railcards are not valid in the sale, which makes them relatively pricier for those who have one,
On leaving the bar, I felt a strong blow to the back of my head. Turning round, I discovered it was the pavement
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