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I will be travelling from Euston to Shrewsbury on 12th April returning on the 18th April.
I need to arrive at Shrewsbury around 15:30 on the 12th and depart Shrewsbury no earlier than 10:30 on the 18th.
I am looking at advance fares and am getting rather confused. Some trains have no advances available and for the ones that do the prices seem to vary enormously. From checking the Virgin Trains website it seems the most logical outbound train for me would be the 12:43 arriving at 15:19 with a change at Brimingham International. The price for an off peak single is £61 and there appears to be no advances available for this service. I haven't even looked at the return leg yet!
Could people kindly explain why some train have advances and others do not, why there are such big differences in advance ticket prices for trains and what my best option are in this situation?
I need to arrive at Shrewsbury around 15:30 on the 12th and depart Shrewsbury no earlier than 10:30 on the 18th.
I am looking at advance fares and am getting rather confused. Some trains have no advances available and for the ones that do the prices seem to vary enormously. From checking the Virgin Trains website it seems the most logical outbound train for me would be the 12:43 arriving at 15:19 with a change at Brimingham International. The price for an off peak single is £61 and there appears to be no advances available for this service. I haven't even looked at the return leg yet!
Could people kindly explain why some train have advances and others do not, why there are such big differences in advance ticket prices for trains and what my best option are in this situation?
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