Freeman's Wharfer Posted 9 January 2016 Share Posted 9 January 2016 Just wondering if anyone London-based can offer any advice on how they get from London to Tuesday night home matches. I've had a look for the upcoming Liverpool and West Brom games but the cheapest train ticket I've found (one way) is £68 because of it being peak time! Needless to say, that price is absolutely disgraceful given the distance of the journey. I don't have a car so am pretty much restricted to train travel to get to the match and train offers the best chance of getting there on time leaving after 5pm because of work without having to take time off to get a much earlier (and more reasonably priced) train. Any advice would be appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blur Posted 9 January 2016 Share Posted 9 January 2016 Sometimes splitting the journey in half is cheaper than paying for whole of a journey. For an example, you can buy a ticket to say Luton then another ticket from Luton to London, it can work out cheaper. This only works for some routes though so you will need to do your research. Birmingham to London trains are usually cheap so if you are desperate, you can go to Birmingham and change there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benguin Posted 9 January 2016 Share Posted 9 January 2016 National express is pretty cheap but you're looking at 2 and half to 3 hour journey as opposed to 1 and a half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
separator Posted 9 January 2016 Share Posted 9 January 2016 Just wondering if anyone London-based can offer any advice on how they get from London to Tuesday night home matches. I've had a look for the upcoming Liverpool and West Brom games but the cheapest train ticket I've found (one way) is £68 because of it being peak time! Needless to say, that price is absolutely disgraceful given the distance of the journey. I don't have a car so am pretty much restricted to train travel to get to the match and train offers the best chance of getting there on time leaving after 5pm because of work without having to take time off to get a much earlier (and more reasonably priced) train. Any advice would be appreciated! You won't get a cheap train on a weekday out of London before 7pm as its peak time, even paying in advance or going via Peterborough or Birmingham. National Express coaches take the best part of 3 hours as well. Having a rail card might save a bit but its gonna cost either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicki Vixen Posted 9 January 2016 Share Posted 9 January 2016 Just wondering if anyone London-based can offer any advice on how they get from London to Tuesday night home matches. I've had a look for the upcoming Liverpool and West Brom games but the cheapest train ticket I've found (one way) is £68 because of it being peak time! Needless to say, that price is absolutely disgraceful given the distance of the journey. I don't have a car so am pretty much restricted to train travel to get to the match and train offers the best chance of getting there on time leaving after 5pm because of work without having to take time off to get a much earlier (and more reasonably priced) train. Any advice would be appreciated! Getting to Leicester is expensive in the week, especially after 5pm. Book a ticket as early as possible, and if you can leave work slightly earlier than usual then you can sometimes get a reasonably priced ticket if you're able to leave St Pancras before 5pm. The downside with advance purchase tickets is you're heavily out of pocket if the game gets moved. I'm in this situation for the Liverpool game in early Feb, which might still get moved for FA Cup 4th round. I bought my train ticket for this game a couple of weeks ago for £42 return. Getting back to London is difficult because the last train leaves Leicester at 21.58, which means leaving before the final whistle and/or jogging the mile and a half from the KP to the station. The recent Chelsea and Man City games I went by car but normally the wife needs the car so I'm at the mercy of the trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinowe Soorie Posted 9 January 2016 Share Posted 9 January 2016 Any Leicester fans travelling up by car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayfox Posted 9 January 2016 Share Posted 9 January 2016 Try mega train. I know it's the other way round but for spurs next week we are paying 8 quid to London. 15 quid back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
separator Posted 9 January 2016 Share Posted 9 January 2016 Try mega train. I know it's the other way round but for spurs next week we are paying 8 quid to London. 15 quid back. Megatrain are off peak only. You may have to finish work early (before 3pm) to have any chance of getting a cheap ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammie82uk Posted 9 January 2016 Share Posted 9 January 2016 Just wondering if anyone London-based can offer any advice on how they get from London to Tuesday night home matches. I've had a look for the upcoming Liverpool and West Brom games but the cheapest train ticket I've found (one way) is £68 because of it being peak time! Needless to say, that price is absolutely disgraceful given the distance of the journey. I don't have a car so am pretty much restricted to train travel to get to the match and train offers the best chance of getting there on time leaving after 5pm because of work without having to take time off to get a much earlier (and more reasonably priced) train. Any advice would be appreciated! When I go London I go Leicester to Nuneaton then Nuneaton to Euston the price is normally vastly different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeman's Wharfer Posted 10 January 2016 Author Share Posted 10 January 2016 When I go London I go Leicester to Nuneaton then Nuneaton to Euston the price is normally vastly different Thanks for the suggestions guys. So far this one is looking best but it's still very tight on time! Any other advice would be welcomed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 10 January 2016 Share Posted 10 January 2016 Go to Nuneaton and then change there. The difference in price between London/Leicester and London/Nuneaton is an absolute disgrace, but it's there to be taken advantage of. I've got to London and back from there for about £10 before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicki Vixen Posted 10 January 2016 Share Posted 10 January 2016 Go to Nuneaton and then change there. The difference in price between London/Leicester and London/Nuneaton is an absolute disgrace, but it's there to be taken advantage of. I've got to London and back from there for about £10 before. Last train on this route leaves Leicester at 2148 so means probably missing the last 10 mins of a 7.45 kick off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 10 January 2016 Share Posted 10 January 2016 We always use Tamworth now to get to Euston. So cheap comparatively Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAN Posted 10 January 2016 Share Posted 10 January 2016 Sometimes splitting the journey in half is cheaper than paying for whole of a journey. For an example, you can buy a ticket to say Luton then another ticket from Luton to London, it can work out cheaper. This only works for some routes though so you will need to do your research. Birmingham to London trains are usually cheap so if you are desperate, you can go to Birmingham and change there. Use split ticketing website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffs Fox Posted 10 January 2016 Share Posted 10 January 2016 Also if you're using East Midlands trains into St Pancras not only is it extortiate but the last train is 9.58 so you'd have to leave before the end or get a cab to the station. It's embarrassing in this day and age that you can't get a train on a main route connecting two major cities past 10pm! Annoyingly you can get a train all the way until midnight the other way! Kind of off subject but what sums EMT up is this summer I went to lords for the ashes but because I had to be there early and it was a weekday they were charging £80 from Kettering! I'm originally from Tamworth and my mate who I went with still lives there and he was getting an advance return for £14!! Tamworth is further away but on the west coast mainline into Euston, so I just stopped at his. Even with the petrol I saved £50 Joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 11 January 2016 Share Posted 11 January 2016 Last train on this route leaves Leicester at 2148 so means probably missing the last 10 mins of a 7.45 kick off Book a train from Euston to Nuneaton and then after the match go Leicester to London. 16:46 from euston to nuneaton is currently £15 (get's in at 6pm) and then a single from nuneaton to leics which gets to leics about 6.50pm is about £5-7 Then go Leicester to St Pancras which is at 10Pm (mad rush to make that last train) £15.50 Job done £37 all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieCharles Posted 13 January 2016 Share Posted 13 January 2016 Railcards are certainly good to get. 33% off all fairs, mine was £30 for the year. Made the lot back on going to Norwich and that was the first time i used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperEadem Posted 13 January 2016 Share Posted 13 January 2016 Mid week train times getting from Leicester are shoddy for football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedford Fox Posted 8 February 2016 Share Posted 8 February 2016 Same issue here. Need to get back to Bedford after a Monday for the Newcastle but last train is too early, I'd miss half the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornyhollthefox123 Posted 9 February 2016 Share Posted 9 February 2016 It's ridiculous. How is there not a train later than 9.58 back to London ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedford Fox Posted 12 February 2016 Share Posted 12 February 2016 I know it's a joke now I have to possibly fork out for a hotel cos I refuse to leave the game early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicki Vixen Posted 12 February 2016 Share Posted 12 February 2016 I know it's a joke now I have to possibly fork out for a hotel cos I refuse to leave the game early You should be able to make it to the station from a 7.45pm kick off in time for the last train. I did it after the Liverpool game and made it to the station with 5 mins to spare. No chance with an 8.00pm kick off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedford Fox Posted 12 February 2016 Share Posted 12 February 2016 Newcastle game is 8pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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