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Post by Karo on Apr 17, 2011 11:40:20 GMT -1
My sister is coming to visit with her best friend, who will visit another friend in Lancashire for a few days. They've asked me to book her train tickets in advance, which we all gather is cheaper than on the day.
Trying to do that online, they only give me the option of collecting the tickets from a self-service machine, only they haven't got one at the station my friend is travelling from! I'm not going to go into town or anywhere near the main station before Thursday, so this is rubbish.
Now I'm trying to find out if it actually IS cheaper buying the ticket in advance. It's going to be an off-peak return; and if I check the price with today's date instead of Thursday, it's exactly the same. Does anybody know if that means that it will actually cost the same if we turn up at the station on the day and get the same ticket?
Should be? Probably? Not sure? No? First Trans Pennine are bastards? HELP!
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Post by katyr on Apr 21, 2011 15:55:58 GMT -1
It's WAY cheaper. For example, if I was off to London tomorrow and I'd bought my ticket 2 months ago I could probably get it for £25 or so return. If I waited and bought it tomorrow it'd be well over £100. What site are you using? Try www.thetrainline.com I'm pretty sure they can post them out to you.
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Post by Karo on Apr 21, 2011 19:07:29 GMT -1
We went to the station today and bought the ticket for the exact same price it would have cost online a week ago. All local trains, I guess, so it really doesn't make a difference.
Thetrainline sends them out yes, for 7 quid!!!
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Post by Kez on Jun 3, 2011 7:51:52 GMT -1
My travel expenses used to be £25 a week and are now £71. eeeeek.
Have had a bit of a comedy time with it as first time I went to station as a commmuter novice to purchase my first weekly train ticket I didn't have a photo with me, next time I went I bought my shiny new weekly ticket and on the way home promptly stuck it in cardigan pocket for it to then get put in the wash and washed in the washing machine. It now works on about 50% of the barriers I go through so it's always a "will it won't it" moment as a thousand people behind me let out an irritated sigh as my ticket goes through, red light comes up and I have to battle my way back and then up to the train guard who looks at me like I've just been sick on his shoes and reluctantly lets me through the gate.
Still, weirdly enough my commute is only 20 minutes more than it used to be even though I'm commuting from Surrey. Hmmmmm. Think it's cos I used to spend about 10 minutes waiting for a bus.
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Post by tc on Jun 3, 2011 8:07:30 GMT -1
When I lived in Surbiton (Zone 6), if I got one of the 8 direct trains an hour to Waterloo, I could be in Soho in 35 mins, door to door. Now I live in Zone 2 and it's roughly the same time. London is WEIRD.
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Post by Kez on Jun 3, 2011 8:23:18 GMT -1
It is isn't it. I always leave myself an hour for wherever I'm going to in London from another London destination. It always seems to work out the same!
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Post by tc on Jun 3, 2011 9:35:23 GMT -1
Exactly, it's always around an hour no matter where from!
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