London Midland Rail Offer

[RogerB]

A new offer for our roving reporters to feast themselves on...

http://www.email-image.net/LondonMidland/1107/halfprice/onlinelm.html

[rpadam]

A new offer for our roving reporters to feast themselves on...

http://www.email-image.net/LondonMidland/1107/halfprice/onlinelm.html

Hereford or Worcester anybody?

[RogerB]

Hereford or Worcester anybody?

Would do but it's the best part of a 7 or 8 hour round trip on the train to get to either of them! That's what put me off doing Worcester the other week.

[Maldenman]

I had Worcester down for a good away football trip for this season until I saw how convoluted and slow the rail journey is from London. It's hardly do-able in a day.

[Quinno]

I had Worcester down for a good away football trip for this season until I saw how convoluted and slow the rail journey is from London. It's hardly do-able in a day.

Having done the journey myself only the other week, it is faintly surreal to be in an Inter City 125 doing 40mph along a single track branch line for the best part of an hour calling at stations that would have been shut by Beeching if they didn't happen to have been in Oxfordshire.

[trainman]

I saw how convoluted and slow the rail journey is from London. It's hardly do-able in a day.

it is faintly surreal to be in an Inter City 125 doing 40mph along a single track branch line for the best part of an hour calling at stations that would have been shut by Beeching if they didn't happen to have been in Oxfordshire.

Frustrating, I'm sure, but 2hr25 from London doesn't surprise me; Briz is 1hr45 and very direct, tho similar distance to Worcester. For our Midlanders, Brum-Worc can be 40mins and available at just £3.80 rtn on this deal.

[gillhalfpint]

I am struggling to get their on line link open as we fancy having a day in London from Birmingham.

[trainman]

I am struggling to get their on line link open as we fancy having a day in London from Birmingham.

Strongly recommend you also take a look at megabus.com, Gill. You can get Virgin trains (~1hr quicker) on the Brum-Lon line at very good prices from that site now, especially with forward planning/early booking... downside seems to be no early departures, but £10/12pp rtn. (currently £7 rtn 25Aug)

[gillhalfpint]

Just got 2 tickets on London Midland return for a total of £17.20 so cannot complain at £8.60 each. That's with senior railcards. Made a note of megabus though. Cheers.

[Gann]

Mmmhh!!

Got all excited about this as I have a days beer pass coming up on Saturday the 23rd, the first day of the offer, as the Wife is away on a hen weekend..
So was just planning a trip within the London travel card zone pssibly to Richmond, but then saw this from Roger and thought I'd be adventurous a go further afield..

So thought I'd see what I could get for Coventry (just because I haven't been there for years).

But after fighting for 30 minutes with the web site I have now given up getting anything other than standard fare prices..

So if anyone does get the discounted tickets, then your obviously a better surfer than me....