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Hi abers - does anyone know a really good site for me to get a cheap return train ticket - have a wedding to go to in Devon and want to travel from Kent. What I want is to somehow find the rock bottom price and I don't mind changing and/or buying single tickets. Many thanks
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It not just a case of looking it up I am quite sure that if you go and look at the Train line or Mytrainticket you can get a price but Which magazine says that these fares can be unrepresentative of the fare that you can get.
http://www.thetrainli...azxyaICFYh_3godukyy1A
http://www.mytraintic...MTxyaICFZs1Dgod12xexQ
It not just a case of looking it up I am quite sure that if you go and look at the Train line or Mytrainticket you can get a price but Which magazine says that these fares can be unrepresentative of the fare that you can get.
http://www.thetrainli...azxyaICFYh_3godukyy1A
http://www.mytraintic...MTxyaICFZs1Dgod12xexQ
Single tickets from London Waterloo to Honiton at £12 a trip are readly available on your dates. Advance purchase only - online or at a staffed station
An open return (buy on the day) from Appledore to Waterloo East via Ashford is £29.40. Via Haywards Heath (ie Eastbourne/Lewes) is £28 but takes over an hour longer.
http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/ is as good a place as any to buy them
Megatrain http://www.megabus.com/uk/index.php is slightly cheaper for London Honiton - same trains, less frequent
The advance tickets - both normal and megatrain - will go up in price if you don't book now.
An open return (buy on the day) from Appledore to Waterloo East via Ashford is £29.40. Via Haywards Heath (ie Eastbourne/Lewes) is £28 but takes over an hour longer.
http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/ is as good a place as any to buy them
Megatrain http://www.megabus.com/uk/index.php is slightly cheaper for London Honiton - same trains, less frequent
The advance tickets - both normal and megatrain - will go up in price if you don't book now.
http://www.southernrailway.com/ will offer you a discount fare via Haywards Heath if you book in advance - about £22 total for a single each way but not restricted to the booked train if it's an off peak/superoffpeak fare.
www.nationalrail.co.uk will never charge you a booking fee.
For journeys which require changes it is always worth looking at individual journeys, eg Appledore to London and then London to Honiton. This is because if only one leg will let you buy Advance or Super off peak tickets the computer will then not include those cheapest tickets.
Finally, look at whether a Network Card (or Family or whatever) will help save money. They cost £25 and give you 1/3 off and they cover your whole journey.
For journeys which require changes it is always worth looking at individual journeys, eg Appledore to London and then London to Honiton. This is because if only one leg will let you buy Advance or Super off peak tickets the computer will then not include those cheapest tickets.
Finally, look at whether a Network Card (or Family or whatever) will help save money. They cost £25 and give you 1/3 off and they cover your whole journey.