A bad weekend to pick, but the message regarding absence of timetable is just a red-herring, there are trains listed.
There is an option via Doncaster that would be ~£55, or £84 via Manchester, but I think he may just bite the bullet, esp if travelling with family - have advised to get a two-together if that;s the case, will pay for itself twice in one trip at those scandalous prices...
I was hoping to go up to Sheffield that weekend (8th & 9th Feb) for the football and couldn't understand why the cheap tickets weren't appearing. After reading this thread, it looks like I'll have to knock that on the head now. Are we likely to see these prices at weekends for as long as this engineering project is running?
The major Kings Cross work should finish by the end of February, then it will settle down a bit. September and next winter don't look good though. https://eastcoastupgrade.co.uk/the-programme/.
The St Pancras route has a lot of work going on for much of the year with new tracks and electrification but the extent and location of disruption varies each weekend - see https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.u...to-train-times
On leaving the bar, I felt a strong blow to the back of my head. Turning round, I discovered it was the pavement
Cheers for the info - they need all the support they can get right now, but that's not going to be from me at those prices!
Some good news for a change - Great Western Railway has a sale on for the next 9 days for travel up to 3 April.
https://www.gwr.com/sale
On leaving the bar, I felt a strong blow to the back of my head. Turning round, I discovered it was the pavement
I did find advance tickets in the end, despite missing the notification alert from LNER which went into spam box, so hopefully he got the ~£47 rtn in the end, still not cheap but a lot better!
Also shame the very rare EMR offer was so short-lived, and seemingly a one-off code per receiving customer - still, got a jaunt back to the once-visited Loughborough for £15rtn