Travel to Edinburgh

[echokilo]

What's the cheapest way to get from Birmingham to Edinburgh - found some cheap flights (£115 for 2 adults) this morning, but train fares as HUGE!! Am I looking in the wrong place?? Don't want coach tickets as only for one night and too slow

TIA

[mightyWBA]

Depends when you're going really.
Try this site,just tap in the dates etc. :-)
http://www.thetrainline.com/buytickets/

[Count-A-Strong]

A coach would be the cheapest but it's around an 8 hr journey.

http://www.nationalex...p/b2.cfm?id=248430392

[Count-A-Strong]

Sorry, just read you didn't want to go by coach.

[Buenchico]

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[Buenchico]

Don't bother with The Trainline.com. No online agency can offer fares any cheaper than those on the National Rail website:
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
Further you might have to pay booking fees and, even worse, you might end up with tickets which aren't valid for travel on any trains at all. (I used to run a railway station and we frequently encountered travellers who'd purchased 'duff' tickets from online sites. My former colleagues tell me that they still wish that all of the independent online booking sites could be shut down; they don't offer customers anything extra but their errors lead to a lot of stress and hassle for both passengers and rail staff).

The only airline flying between Birmingham and Edinburgh is FlyBe, so I assume that you've already checked their website.

If you're not prepared to consider coach travel I can see no other options.

Chris

[echokilo]

Thanks everyone!

[Bigfellah]

To get cheap rail fares you need to book about 10 weeks in advance. Virgin have a Birmingham/Edinburgh service. But check out www.eastcoast.co.uk and you may find a cheap fare. There is no booking fee and you get a 10% on line discount sometimes. If travelling at very short notice the costs are horrendous.