Recent content by Perns1972

I'm interested to find out more about disappearing cheap tickets, such as the withdrawal of early evening off peak tickets on eight routes by Northern last Sept. Do you know of other TOCs removing cheap ways to travel or having plans to do this shortly? Thanks, Matt

This will be my final request for ideas about how passengers can save money when buying tickets with a TOC - I'm interested in learning of any good ways to save a few pounds when buying CrossCountry tickets. I'm keen to hear about ticket splits, alternative routes, loop holes or anything else...

From a non-expert perspective, it looks like there are fewer splits available on Southeastern than elsewhere on the network. So, I wonder whether anyone has any tips for how to save money when travelling on Southeastern. Let me know what you would do to save when travelling on their...

I didn't see that one, no, thanks for pointing it out. Does anyone know what's going to happen with the Thameslink only fares to Brighton from London? Are they going to disappear when the super franchise kicks-in?

I'm looking to compile a list of how to save money when travelling with each TOC, hopefully specific to each TOC rather than more general savings made with railcards, advance fares and group save tickets etc Here are a couple of examples: Thameslink Great Northern - Cheaper London to...

Hi there, Does anyone have any ideas about how to reduce the season ticket cost from Bishop's Stortford to London, ideally with underground zone 1 tube access too. And I'm happy to consider oyster for part of the route. Are there any likely spots on the route to make use of a split ticket...

Thanks for your responses so far - I have one more related question: Which ticket split sites would you recommend? And what are their shortcomings?

You're right - I work for Which? Forum members helped me out of a personal penalty fare problem I was faced with and I met some of the guys at the most recent London meet.

Thanks for this one Dvboy, that's really helpful.

Thanks for this - do you know where this advice is published? Is it internal advice for TOCs? Could you let me know what this stands for? NFM/FRPP Thanks, Matt

Thanks for your help with this one. For best, I was thinking about money saved / % saved on a popular route. But this doesn't need to be too scientific. Yorkie - Re trains which might not be too regular, I think it's fine to include them. But the more regular the trains the better. I'm...

Absolutely right Yorkie - I'm keen to hear about walk-up tickets. I'm writing an article on train fares and I'd like to be able to offer readers a few interesting options to get from A to B that they might not have considered and might save them a few quid. Matt --- old post above --- --- new...

I hope you can help me with this - I'm keen to learn about the best ticket splits in the UK? And where should passengers look for splitting points that would save them money. I'm most interested in intercity routes, but I'd like to hear about any stand out splits that you know about. Also...

Absolutely right, Yorkie. I'm looking for normal tickets (rather than loophole tickets) and options that might seem obvious to those in the know, but not so to people who rarely use the railways. Thanks for helping me to clarify.

I'm looking to compile a list of alternative routes, or cheaper but slower routes in the UK. I wonder whether you can help. I'd like to find out alternative ways of travelling around the country which might save money, take a bit longer or might actually save you money. These are the kind...