Kilopylae
Member
My partner and I are planning a trip from Oxford to Exeter, leaving on Friday evening and returning on Wednesday morning, with an overnight break at Bristol on the way there, so that the itinerary looks something like:
Fri 27 October (evening) Oxford - Bristol Temple Meads
Sat 28 October (evening) Bristol Temple Meads - Exeter St Davids
Wed 1 November (morning) Exeter St Davids - Oxford
GWR's website claims that Advances are on sale until December. But when I started having a look on Trainsplit, the costs for this journey were over £200! Perhaps I was being optimistic, but I was expecting it to be achievable for something more like £70.
Does anyone have any idea what's going on, or any suggestions for how to get the price down? In general, we're happy to accept slower trains or routes, especially on the Bristol to Exeter leg.
Fri 27 October (evening) Oxford - Bristol Temple Meads
Sat 28 October (evening) Bristol Temple Meads - Exeter St Davids
Wed 1 November (morning) Exeter St Davids - Oxford
GWR's website claims that Advances are on sale until December. But when I started having a look on Trainsplit, the costs for this journey were over £200! Perhaps I was being optimistic, but I was expecting it to be achievable for something more like £70.
Does anyone have any idea what's going on, or any suggestions for how to get the price down? In general, we're happy to accept slower trains or routes, especially on the Bristol to Exeter leg.
Last edited: