Daggers Posted 13 February 2009 Posted 13 February 2009 Someone explain this to me... They said it was now going to be simple, it was all going to be easy: news And yet I can never find a decent priced ticket anymore, there's always twenty thousand options and they appear to change on a ****ing daily basis. What the **** is going on?
dandannieldanok Posted 13 February 2009 Posted 13 February 2009 Someone explain this to me...They said it was now going to be simple, it was all going to be easy: news And yet I can never find a decent priced ticket anymore, there's always twenty thousand options and they appear to change on a ****ing daily basis. What the **** is going on? I used a train for the first time in about 5 years on Wednesday and soon realised why it had been that long. Overpriced and as you infer, very confusing. Oh and 2 measly carriages for rush hour cross-country services is a complete joke.
charliefox Posted 13 February 2009 Posted 13 February 2009 Train ticket prices are a joke. A ticket to get to Reading cost me £40 last year. This year it's £71. How can they justify that? It's exactly the same route, and no faster. Robbing gets.
Uncle Monty Posted 13 February 2009 Posted 13 February 2009 Trained up from cardiff today, stooping at brum new street en route - always have to stand for the last hour. Brum to Leiceser is always i mean always rammed. Screaming kids were accompanied by a a proper annoying woman standing next to me today, it wouldn't have been so bad but the kids kept farting. Also i got the 85 bus to Countesthorpe and it was gridlock all the way home it wasnt even rush hour - half 2. Can anyone offer an explanation for this?
Alexikokopops Posted 13 February 2009 Posted 13 February 2009 I find it simple. You look at times. Advance tickets are cheaper but you have to go on the exact train, then you get returns and open returns. Job's a good 'un.
Daggers Posted 13 February 2009 Author Posted 13 February 2009 I find it simple. Because you have some serf booking them for you and they cost you 12p because you work for the company.
Alexikokopops Posted 14 February 2009 Posted 14 February 2009 Because you have some serf booking them for you and they cost you 12p because you work for the company. Actually, I've only used my Virgin Trains discount once or twice, Cross Country took over a lot of their trains. I managed to get a single from Euston to Cov for £3.30 on London Midland trains, KEEN
AmericanScott Posted 14 February 2009 Posted 14 February 2009 Also i got the 85 bus to Countesthorpe and it was gridlock all the way home it wasnt even rush hour - half 2. Can anyone offer an explanation for this? It's like that everyday. I got the 84 today at the same time and Aylestone Road is just jammed all the time. People tend to drive in the bus lane and clog that up most of the time. If they didn't, it would shave off a good 15 minutes.
Maybes Posted 14 February 2009 Posted 14 February 2009 Like Daggers has said, I thought they were simplyfying it. Im sure I heard them talking about only 3 choice of tickets......there seems to be all sorts of options on various websites, vastly overpriced.
Shrenchel Posted 14 February 2009 Posted 14 February 2009 If you're going on a long journey it often works out cheaper to buy individual tickets for the journeys between each station than buying the whole thing as one. Depends how keen you are to save 15 quid or whatever though because it's a lot of hassle to book them all, to print out all the tickets at the station and then if the trams rammed you have to keep changing seats because the seat reservation is different for every one.
Shrenchel Posted 14 February 2009 Posted 14 February 2009 Also the best fare finder on thetrainline.com is pretty good, although not too useful it you gotta be somewhere at an exact time on a specific day.
act smiley Posted 14 February 2009 Posted 14 February 2009 Trained up from cardiff today, stooping at brum new street en route - always have to stand for the last hour. Brum to Leiceser is always i mean always rammed. Better to keep going to Derby and change there, I found.
outfoxed Posted 14 February 2009 Posted 14 February 2009 With a rail card it's pretty reasonable. Normally always pay between 9-12 quid return London SP to Leicester, don't have to book much in advance now either. East Midlands trains site have far more advance tickets available than thetrainline and no booking fees. Can buy for other routes, not just EM.
cisono Posted 14 February 2009 Posted 14 February 2009 Rail tickets (UK) I always use http://sn.im/trainline to book my tickets in advance (you can check various price options there and then). International Rail Tickets http://sn.im/int_rail Coach If no joy, on some rare occasions, I might just consider the coach, but this has not happened in years
Uncle Monty Posted 15 February 2009 Posted 15 February 2009 It's like that everyday. I got the 84 today at the same time and Aylestone Road is just jammed all the time. People tend to drive in the bus lane and clog that up most of the time. If they didn't, it would shave off a good 15 minutes. it's not always been like this ....
Lillehamring Posted 15 February 2009 Posted 15 February 2009 on friday i paid £4 to go 5 stops on the tube from paddington to st.p... disgusting. the train to leicester was only £9, and they even allowed us to use our advanced purchase tickets on a train 8 hours later cause of our flight being cancelled (don't get me started on that!)
cisono Posted 15 February 2009 Posted 15 February 2009 on friday i paid £4 to go 5 stops on the tube from paddington to st.p... disgusting.the train to leicester was only £9, and they even allowed us to use our advanced purchase tickets on a train 8 hours later cause of our flight being cancelled (don't get me started on that!) You were lucky. My friend had a Leicester-London-Leicester ticket specifying the return segment back to Leicester on a certain train/at a certain time (the last train of the "cheap" time slot). She was there at that time, but the train was cancelled, so she had to wait for the next train (which delayed her quite a bit). Unfortunately, the fare on the next train was more expensive (her cheap ticket was not valid for that anymore), so she had to pay the difference (basically a single back to Leicester). What? She should have been given money back for the delay! These fares policies are grossly unfair!
Trav Le Bleu Posted 15 February 2009 Posted 15 February 2009 Have you thought of using one of these...
Alexikokopops Posted 15 February 2009 Posted 15 February 2009 on friday i paid £4 to go 5 stops on the tube from paddington to st.p... disgusting. For future reference you could've got an Oyster Card for a £3 deposit, put £1.60 on it, travel to St Pancras and then return the Oyster Card and get your £3 deposit back? £1.60 for the equivalent journey. Or just keep the Oyster Card. I know you won't be in London that often at all but even if you only make one more journey on the tube ever then you've saved money (£3 + £1.60 + £1.60 = £6.20 vs £8 for two single tickets). Or just get a bus for half the price (and not much longer journey time)? Public transport in London is brilliant. It costs me over a £4 to get a bus from Cosby to Leicester. For £1 on my Oyster Card (or £2 without) I can travel across London on a bus. It costs £1.60 to do the same in bloody Reading! I paid £1 to get home at 4am the other night, a journey that would've cost me £15 by taxi. Job done. You were lucky. My friend had a Leicester-London-Leicester ticket specifying the return segment back to Leicester on a certain train/at a certain time (the last train of the "cheap" time slot).She was there at that time, but the train was cancelled, so she had to wait for the next train (which delayed her quite a bit). Unfortunately, the fare on the next train was more expensive (her cheap ticket was not valid for that anymore), so she had to pay the difference (basically a single back to Leicester). What? She should have been given money back for the delay! These fares policies are grossly unfair! Really? When my train's been cancelled (which I have an advance ticket for) I've been allowed on the next one even if it's more expensive. Your friend got fleeced.
cisono Posted 15 February 2009 Posted 15 February 2009 Really? When my train's been cancelled (which I have an advance ticket for) I've been allowed on the next one even if it's more expensive. Your friend got fleeced. I think so too (the conductor woman didn't like her). My friend is a student as well!
Guest Posted 15 February 2009 Posted 15 February 2009 It's like that everyday. I got the 84 today at the same time and Aylestone Road is just jammed all the time. People tend to drive in the bus lane and clog that up most of the time. If they didn't, it would shave off a good 15 minutes. That bus lane only operates between certain times though. It really pisses me off when people don't drive down it when they should be, then cut straight across you when the bus lane ends, and it turns out they're going to carry on up Aylestone Road, and not turn right into Middleton St.
Guest Bilo Posted 15 February 2009 Posted 15 February 2009 This has annoyed me. Just been checking tickets in advance for Southend and found that the price for the 10.25 going there is £16 on an Internet saver. The price for the 20.06 coming back is £36.85! Who sets these prices?!
Lillehamring Posted 15 February 2009 Posted 15 February 2009 You were lucky. My friend had a Leicester-London-Leicester ticket specifying the return segment back to Leicester on a certain train/at a certain time (the last train of the "cheap" time slot).She was there at that time, but the train was cancelled, so she had to wait for the next train (which delayed her quite a bit). Unfortunately, the fare on the next train was more expensive (her cheap ticket was not valid for that anymore), so she had to pay the difference (basically a single back to Leicester). What? She should have been given money back for the delay! These fares policies are grossly unfair! that's really harsh - it was during rush hour as well so i was surprised to say the least...
Lillehamring Posted 15 February 2009 Posted 15 February 2009 For future reference you could've got an Oyster Card for a £3 deposit, put £1.60 on it, travel to St Pancras and then return the Oyster Card and get your £3 deposit back? £1.60 for the equivalent journey. Or just keep the Oyster Card. I know you won't be in London that often at all but even if you only make one more journey on the tube ever then you've saved money (£3 + £1.60 + £1.60 = £6.20 vs £8 for two single tickets). Or just get a bus for half the price (and not much longer journey time)? between us i think we have about 6 oyster cards, they seem to vanish tho? probably get one when we go down for a few days this week, but on this occasion we'd been travelling for 14 hours and had loads of luggage, so just couldn't be arsred to queue up
Alexikokopops Posted 15 February 2009 Posted 15 February 2009 between us i think we have about 6 oyster cards, they seem to vanish tho?probably get one when we go down for a few days this week, but on this occasion we'd been travelling for 14 hours and had loads of luggage, so just couldn't be arsred to queue up Fair enough. They sometimes have the machines where you can put a fiver in and get one with £2 on, but it doesn't take notes or owt which is annoying.
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