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Medicy

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According to the Kent Big Weekend website (returned tickets for attractions still available!):

To celebrate 200 years of the railway and to tie in with the Kent Big Weekend in April, Southeastern are delighted to launch The Southeastern Network Weekend – offering 10,000 Advance train tickets for just £5 each!

Tickets will be available from 22 March on the Southeastern app and website
 
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Here's more on the Southeastern Network Weekend promotion

www.southeasternrailway.co.uk

Network Weekend | Southeastern

10,000 Southeastern Network Weekend tickets will be on sale from 22nd to 28th March. Don't delay and get your £5 Advance ticket!
www.southeasternrailway.co.uk www.southeasternrailway.co.uk
We’re running a special ticket promotion in honour of Railway 200 – a year-long celebration marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of the railway.

Customers can pay just £5 and grab an Advance ticket for travel on selected Southeastern routes on 5 April and 6 April 2025.*

10,000 Southeastern Network Weekend tickets will be on sale from 22 March 00:01 to 28 March 23:59 2025, so don’t miss out!

Ditch the car and travel by train to one of the many great destinations and attractions across the Southeastern network. Step into history at Canterbury Cathedral, go on an underground adventure at The Margate Caves, or travel to London and explore all that the capital has to offer, from world-class galleries and museums to delicious street food markets!

If you are lucky enough to have won a day out at the Kent Big Weekend, taking place on 5 April and 6 April, why not take advantage of our train ticket promotion and save on travel!

Southeastern Network Weekend tickets are ONLY available to purchase from the Southeastern app or website – no booking fees apply.

There are some planned engineering works on 5 April and 6 April. Please visit our planned engineering work page to check how this might affect your journey.

*Tickets are available on selected routes only and are limited and subject to availability and exclusions. Railcard discounts do not apply. If you require assistance or have specific accessibility requirements when buying your ticket, contact our Customer Services or visit a Southeastern ticket office.

Don't forget if you're making a return journey, you’ll need to buy a ticket for each direction. Advance tickets are only available as single tickets on specific trains and on selected routes, but you can mix and match tickets and times to suit you.​

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Re SWR Secret Fares - has anyone run in to a limit on how many bookings you can make in a day / week?
 
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Well I've make four bookings this week for various dates between now and June, and now my payment is always declined, even if I use a different email address or different card.
 
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James H said:
Not all from the same ip or same device
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That's odd, I'd say its more likely that the website developed an issue or detected too many payments in a short space of time, than you hitting a limit they set. There's nothing in the T&Cs, and I can't see any reason for them setting a limit.
 
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Apologies if this is already widely known, but I've just found out about a TPE Club 55 offer, which runs from 25th February to Friday 4th April (inclusive). £45 first class or £25 standard class return from anywhere to anywhere on their network (except Manchester Airport). Not available before 09.30 on Monday to Friday. Proof of age should be carried. Must be bought in advance of the day of travel at either a ticket office or online. Seat reservations are optional. You are not tied to particular trains. No railcard discounts. Full details are here: https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/special...ampaign=club5520250311_B&utm_content=bodycta1
 
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Now I've bought a couple of those tickets myself (for a trip down HS1 to east Kent) I do feel a little smug about not buying HS1 Rail Sale Advances earlier in the year.
 
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The source is an i paper email; I haven't seen any website information yet.
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I'm thinking of getting a couple of Interrails in this sale. Is there likely to be a better sale within the next 12 months or so? I've never really looked at the sales before.
 
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185143 said:
I'm thinking of getting a couple of Interrails in this sale. Is there likely to be a better sale within the next 12 months or so? I've never really looked at the sales before.
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Within 12 months, yes - Black Friday in late November is, historically, their biggest sale with 20 or 25% off passes. But probably (though I don't have a crystal ball, Interrail have stated it'll be the last sale before the peak summer season) nothing before then.
 
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Mike395 said:
Within 12 months, yes - Black Friday in late November is, historically, their biggest sale with 20 or 25% off passes. But probably (though I don't have a crystal ball, Interrail have stated it'll be the last sale before the peak summer season) nothing before then.
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Good to know, thanks. I'll snap up a couple then
 
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Greater Anglia ‘Hare Fares’ are back again. Book by 22nd April for travel up to 10th June 2025.
 
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Greater Anglia ‘Hare Fares’ are back again. Book by 22nd April for travel up to 10th June 2025.
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Though the attractiveness of the fares seems to diminish with each round - those £20 day returns from Liverpool Street to Norwich and beyond are a thing of the past
 
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James H said:
Well I've make four bookings this week for various dates between now and June, and now my payment is always declined, even if I use a different email address or different card.
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I find the SWR website to be very "glitchy". More often than not it returns an error when simply searching for fares.
 
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Hophead said:
Though the attractiveness of the fares seems to diminish with each round - those £20 day returns from Liverpool Street to Norwich and beyond are a thing of the past
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Unfortunate I know but everything seems to have gone up in life. £7 £14 £21 & £28 return fares still seem excellent value.
 
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dk1 said:
Unfortunate I know but everything seems to have gone up in life. £7 £14 £21 & £28 return fares still seem excellent value.
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They are good value for an off peak return from Cambridge to Liverpool Street (£14), but definitely not from Ely to Liverpool Street (£28), when you could split it with a Hare Fare from Cambridge and an off peak Ely-Cambridge return for £3.70 with Greater Anglia or £6 on any train.
 
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bspahh said:
They are good value for an off peak return from Cambridge to Liverpool Street (£14), but definitely not from Ely to Liverpool Street (£28), when you could split it with a Hare Fare from Cambridge and an off peak Ely-Cambridge return for £3.70 with Greater Anglia or £6 on any train.
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I can see super off peak tickets on both a Saturday and Sunday, from Liverpool St to Cambridge, for £12.55 return (Railcard price).

So cheaper than the advertised 'Hare Fare' price.
 
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Agree with previous comments about Anglia's Hare Fares, not the offer I was hoping for. At least they are any off peak train on the day, not Advance
 
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The £10 ticket is available from 08.45 on Monday to Friday, any time at weekends. You need to collect tokens from newspapers. Two tokens allow the purchase of up to four day tickets. You buy the tickets from any ticket office at stations served by Northern. The tokens are available in newspapers from 28th April.
 
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