Cheaper Tickets

[woodelf]

There used to be a kind of *cut off* point whereby after the morning rush-to-work period was over, you could buy cheaper train tickets...is this still after 9.30 am and is it nationwide? Ta Muchly.

[Mr Veritas]

Hello there woodelf,
In our area (South Eastern Trains) you can use a cheap day return for any train arriving in London after 10.00 am.
However,as I discovered recently,many train operators seem to have different rules.
You need to ring the specific train operating company and ask them,or check with their website.
IF you need to ring the National Rail Enquiry Line,do so before 6pm when it comes up in the UK( they seem to know what they are doing)
I rang after 6 pm and got an overseas call centre,who gave me completely wrong information.

[woodelf]

Many Thanks for that Mr V...very useful info indeed!

[dzug]

0930 is a common restriction but it does vary in different parts of the country. And even where it is 0930 there is sometimes a concession (and sometimes not) for an 0925 train.

If you look up the fares on a journey planner it shuld be easy enough to work it out for a particular journey

[woodelf]

And Many Thanks to you too Dzug...a great help...Ta!

[Andyvon]

I recently enquired about the fare from my Buckinghamshire town into London with 'Chiltern Network'. The 'off-peak' rate for the one hour trip started at 9am. Even so, the cost for my wife and myself was �46 return so we just laughed and went to Whipsnade Zoo in the car instead. The last time we used the train the fare to Marylebone was �5 return each and that wasn't too many years ago. How do commuters travelling before 9am afford the fares every day?