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Thinking of going down to worcester for a bit as my friends live down there. now i live in darlington which is many miles away, i was wondering how i would get down there the cheapest? im looking at train fares, and i never get a train. its saying like £88 pounds return? is that cheap? or how could i get it cheaper?
would coach be cheaper?
what time of day would be cheaper?
what day of the week?
is return cheaper than buying 2 singles?
/stuck
anyone please help
would coach be cheaper?
what time of day would be cheaper?
what day of the week?
is return cheaper than buying 2 singles?
/stuck
anyone please help
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Use the website www.eastcoast.co.uk as they have a tool which shows you the cheapest trains for the dates you want to travel. If you can be flexible you can get better deals. You should also have a look at splitting your tickets (it may well be cheaper to buy a ticket to Birmingham New Street and then another on to Worcester) and make sure that you're looking at tickets for both stations in Worcester. Remember that the cheapest tickets are sold as singles not returns, so make sure that the website you're using shows both types of ticket.
If you're under 25 or in full time education get a 16-25 railcard, it costs £26 but saves you 1/3 on most train fares. Useful even if you get the odd train to Newcastle or Boro for the shops.
ETA: Avoid using TheTrainLine at all costs. They charge fees for absolutely EVERYTHING and most other websites do not. EastCoast (who operate the trains from Darlington to London) have the best website and the only charge they make is £1 to send your tickets to you by post; you can avoid this fee by collecting the tickets at the station (you put your debit/credit card in the machine, with the code you're given, and the machine spits the tickets out for you).
My bad, never bought from thetrainline. I usually buy directly from the operator because they don't but I wasn't sure which yours would be. Heed the words of Arctic Roll, for he is wise.
If you do decide to split tickets at Birmingham, using CrossCountry's website might be a good idea, although IIRC they don't give extra discounts. Just make sure they don't charge you for paying by credit card or for collecting the tickets at the station.
Get a hire car or fly (although not in your case). :thumb:
That's because that's a relatively short journey.
They don't really do cheap advance tickets for Braintree > London, for example, but when I was with Rich and I lived up in Newcastle he used to be able to get two singles (an on-the-day return was somewhere in the region of £80-£100) for £20 if he booked far enough in advance.