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andrewb 08-06-2007 12:12
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I'm going to Prime Ministers Questions on the 20th June, week before Blair stands down!

I'm stupid and left it till now to book train tickets. I need to be there by 12:30 and the cheapest I can come up with on virgin website is £62.90 there and £62.90 back for two people. This is quite expensive still.. is there any way to get it cheaper? I'll be going anyway so will have to fork it out if I can't get it cheaper.. but was wondering if anybody knew anything about trains that I didn't.

Ps. Whats semi-flexible because thats what those tickets are.

K.S.H 08-06-2007 12:26
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Sorry can't help but you could ask Janet Anderson from Rossendale, she uses trains a lot :rolleyes::D

lancsdave 08-06-2007 12:26
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyfr (Post 432971)
I'm going to Prime Ministers Questions on the 20th June, week before Blair stands down!

I'm stupid and left it till now to book train tickets. I need to be there by 12:30 and the cheapest I can come up with on virgin website is £62.90 there and £62.90 back for two people. This is quite expensive still.. is there any way to get it cheaper? I'll be going anyway so will have to fork it out if I can't get it cheaper.. but was wondering if anybody knew anything about trains that I didn't.

Ps. Whats semi-flexible because thats what those tickets are.
Have you got a young persons railcard ? If so then according to trainline saver return is £42.20 return

andrewb 08-06-2007 12:53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 432973)
Have you got a young persons railcard ? If so then according to trainline saver return is £42.20 return

I don't have one no. If im getting two tickets must I have a young persons railcard for both tickets? I assume so?

Where do I go to book this £42.20 thing? because I can get a rail card, which would make it £62.20 again but it means I can save on future train journeys dosn't it. :)

entwisi 08-06-2007 12:56
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Heh, thats not expensive, when I travel to London for work we have to buy open returns at ~£150

lancsdave 08-06-2007 13:11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyfr (Post 432980)
I don't have one no. If im getting two tickets must I have a young persons railcard for both tickets? I assume so?

Where do I go to book this £42.20 thing? because I can get a rail card, which would make it £62.20 again but it means I can save on future train journeys dosn't it. :)

Yep, railcard for individual person only. You should be able to get it from Accy station, I got my family railcard from there. As a general rule if you make more than 1 train journey a year a railcard will pay for itself.

Don't know how much the bus is to Manchester but on the day you want to go to London you can still pick up a single ticket for £12.85 each way ( with railcard :) ) from Manchester Piccadily

cashman 08-06-2007 13:14
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hey thats cheap,leaving it this late, we booked a month in advance,couple of years ago £20 return, to euston, but tried to book Norwich last year n cheapest quote was £240 return,so we drove lol

lancsdave 08-06-2007 13:18
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The funny thing about this is that it's probably a reverse logic journey. Most people travel by train, have a kip on the way and feel relaxed when they get there. This one will probably be a case of staying awake on the train so you can have a sleep when you get there :rofl38:

andrewb 08-06-2007 13:25
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 432992)
Yep, railcard for individual person only. You should be able to get it from Accy station, I got my family railcard from there. As a general rule if you make more than 1 train journey a year a railcard will pay for itself.

Don't know how much the bus is to Manchester but on the day you want to go to London you can still pick up a single ticket for £12.85 each way ( with railcard :) ) from Manchester Piccadily

Really?? The bus is only £5 return to manchester..

lancsdave 08-06-2007 13:26
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyfr (Post 433000)
Really?? The bus is only £5 return to manchester..

What time do you need to be in London by Cyfr ?

accymel 08-06-2007 13:30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 433001)
What time do you need to be in London by Cyfr ?
Errr 12.30pm on top post :rofl38:

lancsdave 08-06-2007 13:31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by accymel (Post 433002)
Errr 12.30pm on top post :rofl38:
Smart arse :D

In that case Manchester cheap price is no good because it gets in to Euston at 12.31 :)

MargaretR 08-06-2007 13:34
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I hope you are not intending to 'demonstrate'' the profound affection you have shown for him :rolleyes:

entwisi 08-06-2007 13:46
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Cyfr,
Megabus are doing 2 seats for £10 each way Manchester to London

megabus.com - low cost intercity travel in the UK

IIRC the first bus from accy is ~6:30 so you might need to get a lift into M/c (speak nicely to your friendly local techie and I could drop you off, You can make your own way home though :D


That should give you return journey for ~£13 each

Margaret Pilkington 08-06-2007 13:59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 432992)
Yep, railcard for individual person only. You should be able to get it from Accy station, I got my family railcard from there. As a general rule if you make more than 1 train journey a year a railcard will pay for itself.

Don't know how much the bus is to Manchester but on the day you want to go to London you can still pick up a single ticket for £12.85 each way ( with railcard :) ) from Manchester Piccadily
Day return from Accrington to Manchester on the bus is a fiver....hope this helps.


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