I'm looking at a trip in August/September. From Oxford to Kirkcaldy and back, though was initially only looking at between Birmingham and Kirkcaldy to compare with the airfare.
Both thetrainline and trainsplit offer me the expected Avanti+connections in both directions, changing once at either Haymarket or Edinburgh. But if I try on the Avanti website for the return it wants an additional change at Wolverhampton onto a CrossCountry service, which doubles the price in that direction as the ticket becomes XC+connections. I'm assuming this is because the Avanti stops at Sandwell and Dudley and is thus overtaken by the XC.
Is there a way of making the Avanti website show me the other train? Ticking direct only doesn't work, because there has to be at least one change in Edinburgh.
Both thetrainline and trainsplit offer me the expected Avanti+connections in both directions, changing once at either Haymarket or Edinburgh. But if I try on the Avanti website for the return it wants an additional change at Wolverhampton onto a CrossCountry service, which doubles the price in that direction as the ticket becomes XC+connections. I'm assuming this is because the Avanti stops at Sandwell and Dudley and is thus overtaken by the XC.
Is there a way of making the Avanti website show me the other train? Ticking direct only doesn't work, because there has to be at least one change in Edinburgh.