This is the cheapest adult ticket on the network?

[VideozVideoz]

Stockport to Manchester advance using TfW for £0.70

 

[pokemonsuper9]

Stockport to Manchester advance using TfW for £0.70

A return between Lichfield City and Lichfield Trent Valley is £1.30, which leads to a cost of £0.65 per trip, but that may be the cheapest single.

 

[6Gman]

Though given how often they turn short at Crewe or Wilmslow a risky choice ...

 

[VideozVideoz]

Though given how often they turn short at Crewe or Wilmslow a risky choice ...

True! But that’s not the topic in question on this occasion

 

[Merseysider]

Northern will probably be along soon with a 20p advance between Warrington West and Warrington Central…

for the benefit of anyone who doesn’t understand sarcasm, this is sarcasm.

 

[northwichcat]

Though given how often they turn short at Crewe or Wilmslow a risky choice ...

If they did Northern's Delay Repay compensation option of a complimentary journey single on their services - it'd be like buying lottery tickets with a grand prize of a free Manchester to Llandudno/Cardiff journey.

 

[pokemonsuper9]

Northern will probably be along soon with a 20p advance between Warrington West and Warrington Central…

Why would they do that? There's no competition (except 4 TPE per day) on that route and the anytime ticket is currently £3.70.
There's much shorter journeys that could be offered if they wanted to win a "cheapest ticket" award.
Their 5p sales would earn them that spot but
1. They're not offered at the moment.
2. I don't think sale tickets should be counted for this.

 

[Merseysider]

Why would they do that? There's no competition (except 4 TPE per day) on that route and the anytime ticket is currently £3.70.
There's much shorter journeys that could be offered if they wanted to win a "cheapest ticket" award.
Their 5p sales would earn them that spot but
1. They're not offered at the moment.
2. I don't think sale tickets should be counted for this.

It seems you missed the sarcasm. Northern offer Advances from Manchester to Mauldeth Road, Lime Street to South Parkway, Gatley to Manchester Airport, and so on… you don’t need to read it as a serious post

 

[pokemonsuper9]

It seems you missed the sarcasm. Northern offer Advances from Manchester to Mauldeth Road, Lime Street to South Parkway, Gatley to Manchester Airport, and so on… you don’t need to read it as a serious post

They offer advanced tickets on the Atherton line too, despite no competition (except from busses).
I've been fearful of advanced tickets in the past but might give them a try as my 16-17 saver has expired so costs are much higher now.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Didn't we have a similar thread to this only a few weeks ago?

Cheapest possible fare in the UK...

I need your help... does anyone know the cheapest Origin/Destination flow on the UK rail network? My guess would be Ryde Pier Head > Ryde Esplanade I'm just meaning a standard walk-up adult ticket, no child or other discounts :D I'm sure there will be better informed folk out there.....

www.railforums.co.uk

 

[pokemonsuper9]

Didn't we have a similar thread to this only a few weeks ago?

Cheapest possible fare in the UK...

I need your help... does anyone know the cheapest Origin/Destination flow on the UK rail network? My guess would be Ryde Pier Head > Ryde Esplanade I'm just meaning a standard walk-up adult ticket, no child or other discounts :D I'm sure there will be better informed folk out there.....

www.railforums.co.uk

So there was, and looking at the messages marked as "new", I read most of it (or accidentally marked all as read), then in the weeks since entirely forgot!
Although it doesn't seem to have considered advanced tickets in that thread.

 

[VideozVideoz]

Didn't we have a similar thread to this only a few weeks ago?

Cheapest possible fare in the UK...

I need your help... does anyone know the cheapest Origin/Destination flow on the UK rail network? My guess would be Ryde Pier Head > Ryde Esplanade I'm just meaning a standard walk-up adult ticket, no child or other discounts :D I'm sure there will be better informed folk out there.....

www.railforums.co.uk

That was restricted to anytime / off-peak standard tickets it seems

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Although it doesn't seem to have considered advanced tickets in that thread.

To be fair, @Chester27 was specifically asking about standard walk-up adult tickets in the other (linked) thread.

 

[pokemonsuper9]

To be fair, Chester27 was specifically asking about standard walk-up adult tickets in the other (linked) thread.

Yes I noticed, that's what made me comment on it!

I'm just meaning a standard walk-up adult ticket, no child or other discounts

 

[VideozVideoz]

So back to the topic, is £0.70 the clear winner?? Any advances (no pun intended!) on that?

 

[pokemonsuper9]

So back to the topic, is £0.70 the clear winner?? Any advances (no pun intended!) on that?

Noone's found anything cheaper, and I'm not surprised, 70p is incredibly cheap, the Stockport - Picc journey is pretty much unique due to being decently short (5m 69ch) and having 6 TOCs (Northern, EMR, TPE, Avanti, XC and TfW) and the busses all competing.

 

[kieron]

So back to the topic, is £0.70 the clear winner?? Any advances (no pun intended!) on that?

TfW have a few cheaper advance fares in the system, but I don't know if they ever offer them for sale. There's a 60p Conwy-Llandudno Junction fare, for instance, but the cheapest I've seen on sale is twice the price. They've set some even cheaper fares (such as 50p Caergwrle-Hope), but you can't buy one as none of the trains can be reserved.

 

[MrJeeves]

Looks like, by my database, TfW advances are the cheapest option on the railway, as @kieron says.

50p Wrexham General to Central, for example:

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If we start ignoring Advances, we can get a bus ticket from Ashchurch to Tewkesbury for 60p:

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or a day return on Ispwich buses for 60p:

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If we actually limit it to rail tickets, though, the cheapest we can get are TfW advances up to 60p:


But there are some SDS's on offer at 70p... for whatever "PRESTWICK ATRAIN" is:

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If I just limit it to SDR/CDR/SDS/CDS and ignore PRESTWICK ATRAIN, the cheapest standard singles are:

origin	destination	ticket_code	route_code	is_reversible	fare
3498	3537	CDS	01000	1	100
3498	3539	CDS	01000	1	100
3538	3542	CDS	01000	1	100
3539	3542	CDS	01000	1	100
8048	8056	SDS	00071	0	100
8056	8048	SDS	00071	0	100

The four CDS's are for the St Ives Bay branch line in Cornwall, between various stations on the line. The last ones are Hull Trains only singles between Beverley and Cottingham: https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=BEV&dest=CGM&rte=71&tkt=SDS

 

[pokemonsuper9]

for whatever "PRESTWICK ATRAIN" is:

The Prestwick ATrain fares are only valid for airline passengers unfortunately, and an appropriate dated ticket or boarding pass needs to be presented to get those fares. This isn't stated in Avantix Traveller, but an obscure hint is that the NLC for "Prestwick ATrain" is H234, as opposed to 9544 for "Prestwick Intl".

Looks like it's an airport related thing

 

[Joe Paxton]

Noone's found anything cheaper, and I'm not surprised, 70p is incredibly cheap, the Stockport - Picc journey is pretty much unique due to being decently short (5m 69ch) and having 6 TOCs (Northern, EMR, TPE, Avanti, XC and TfW) and the busses all competing.

6 'competing' TOCs, none of which carry the revenue risk these days!

 

[kkong]

Looks like it's an airport related thing

Yes, it's a long-standing promotion that gives a 50% discount from the usual Anytime / Off-Peak fares from (mainly) Scottish stations to Prestwick International Airport, if the traveller has a flight ticket.

https://www.scotrail.co.uk/plan-your-journey/travel-connections/airports

Prestwick International Airport
Half price train travel for flight ticket holders
There’s a regular train service to Prestwick International and you can get 50% off the train fare.
Just show your flight ticket, original invoice, or downloaded booking confirmation (not the email confirmation) when buying your discounted rail ticket.
This discounted rail ticket should be purchased at a ticket office before travelling. If your departure station does not have a ticket office, you may purchase your discounted rail ticket on-train.

 

[TUC]

Yes, it's a long-standing promotion that gives a 50% discount from the usual Anytime / Off-Peak fares from (mainly) Scottish stations to Prestwick International Airport, if the traveller has a flight ticket.

https://www.scotrail.co.uk/plan-your-journey/travel-connections/airports

It would be interesting to see if someone presented such evidence of a flight to a ticket office somewhere in the middle of England how many would give the discoun.

 

[Haywain]

It would be interesting to see if someone presented such evidence of a flight to a ticket office somewhere in the middle of England how many would give the discoun.

The "discount" is only available from stations where a specific fare is set, and these do not appear to be very far south of the Newcastle to Carlisle line, hence the reference above to "mainly Scottish station".