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MisterDDDDGotcha, syrel.Quote
syrel
Good sport MrDDDD - but for those who don't know the UK rail system, that's only one company. Tickets on other routes (eg from London or Bristol) are yet to drop to their lowest prices.
Still waiting for Transpennine to drop their prices for Edinburgh back to London, which is the lowest I've been able to find @£30 (based on earlier Sundays).
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odean73
Not really familiar with train buying, is it normal that they will drop?
Cant get a decent price from Birmingham at the moment.
Even thinking of flying up there and catching the train back.
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Good sport MrDDDD - but for those who don't know the UK rail system, that's only one company. Tickets on other routes (eg from London or Bristol) are yet to drop to their lowest prices.
Still waiting for Transpennine to drop their prices for Edinburgh back to London, which is the lowest I've been able to find @£30 (based on earlier Sundays).
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syrel
Good sport MrDDDD - but for those who don't know the UK rail system, that's only one company. Tickets on other routes (eg from London or Bristol) are yet to drop to their lowest prices.
Still waiting for Transpennine to drop their prices for Edinburgh back to London, which is the lowest I've been able to find @£30 (based on earlier Sundays).
Transpennine won't (I'm pretty sure) take you all the way back to London. Their route is Glasgow/Edinburgh to Manchester only. Virgin East Coast will go direct Edi-Lon, looks like prices will drop in next week or so. It's nearly as difficult as getting Stones tickets.
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Good sport MrDDDD - but for those who don't know the UK rail system, that's only one company. Tickets on other routes (eg from London or Bristol) are yet to drop to their lowest prices.
Still waiting for Transpennine to drop their prices for Edinburgh back to London, which is the lowest I've been able to find @£30 (based on earlier Sundays).
I am getting around £245 return for 2 people from Birmingham to Edinburgh at the moment.
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MisterDDDDGotcha, syrel.Quote
syrel
Good sport MrDDDD - but for those who don't know the UK rail system, that's only one company. Tickets on other routes (eg from London or Bristol) are yet to drop to their lowest prices.
Still waiting for Transpennine to drop their prices for Edinburgh back to London, which is the lowest I've been able to find @£30 (based on earlier Sundays).
I am getting around £245 return for 2 people from Birmingham to Edinburgh at the moment.
Try Brum to Glasgow. After that, Glasgow- Edinburgh is fast, frequent and cheap with services from Glasgow Central & GLasgow Queen Street. Coach from Anderston Bus Station good too. (can book in advance via Megabus for buttons!)
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syrel
Good sport MrDDDD - but for those who don't know the UK rail system, that's only one company. Tickets on other routes (eg from London or Bristol) are yet to drop to their lowest prices.
Still waiting for Transpennine to drop their prices for Edinburgh back to London, which is the lowest I've been able to find @£30 (based on earlier Sundays).
I am getting around £245 return for 2 people from Birmingham to Edinburgh at the moment.
Try Brum to Glasgow. After that, Glasgow- Edinburgh is fast, frequent and cheap with services from Glasgow Central & GLasgow Queen Street. Coach from Anderston Bus Station good too. (can book in advance via Megabus for buttons!)
Thanks.Will give it a try.
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grzegorz67
Don't rule out National Express Coaches either. Excellent company imho and their coaches are always clean and pleasant to travel on with leather seats, aircon and wifi. Glasgow to Brum is a very competitive route with Megabus involved too so usually cheap. I'm coming back South with them on Sunday morning, though I note they've just put their prices up! The service I'm on originates from Edinburgh. It calls at my hometown of Hamilton so I use it a lot, even in preference to the train.
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MisterDDDDGotcha, syrel.Quote
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Good sport MrDDDD - but for those who don't know the UK rail system, that's only one company. Tickets on other routes (eg from London or Bristol) are yet to drop to their lowest prices.
Still waiting for Transpennine to drop their prices for Edinburgh back to London, which is the lowest I've been able to find @£30 (based on earlier Sundays).
I am getting around £245 return for 2 people from Birmingham to Edinburgh at the moment.
Try Brum to Glasgow. After that, Glasgow- Edinburgh is fast, frequent and cheap with services from Glasgow Central & GLasgow Queen Street. Coach from Anderston Bus Station good too. (can book in advance via Megabus for buttons!)
Thanks.Will give it a try.
Don't rule out National Express Coaches either. Excellent company imho and their coaches are always clean and pleasant to travel on with leather seats, aircon and wifi. Glasgow to Brum is a very competitive route with Megabus involved too so usually cheap. I'm coming back South with them on Sunday morning, though I note they've just put their prices up! The service I'm on originates from Edinburgh. It calls at my hometown of Hamilton so I use it a lot, even in preference to the train.
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buttons67
train prices usually drop 12 weeks from departure. try an online site called redspotted hanky from anything from 12 weeks prior to departure and the coming weeks after, usually great reductions apply, especially if you book a particular train with no cancelation facility applying.
i have used this site to go from glasgow to inverness or glasgow to blackpool and on some occasions paid less than a tenth of the first class and flexible price.
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CaledonianGonzo
No idea about the golf, but while in the Kingdom of Fife don't forget to head to Pittenweem on a pilgrimage to Stu's birthplace.
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CaledonianGonzo
No idea about the golf, but while in the Kingdom of Fife don't forget to head to Pittenweem on a pilgrimage to Stu's birthplace.
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No idea about the golf, but while in the Kingdom of Fife don't forget to head to Pittenweem on a pilgrimage to Stu's birthplace.
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No idea about the golf, but while in the Kingdom of Fife don't forget to head to Pittenweem on a pilgrimage to Stu's birthplace.
In Pittenweem next week - whilst I don't want to impose do you have an address for Stu's house ?. I only plan to drive by. You can PM me at -
[email protected]
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MisterDDDD
For those returning to London the day after this show, was finally able to purchase an early bird fare via Virgin East Coast. £40 for a 9:30 AM departure, direct. [www.virgintrainseastcoast.com]
All travel and show tix now booked for these (4) shows for me (!!)
Whoo whoo...
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MisterDDDD
For those returning to London the day after this show, was finally able to purchase an early bird fare via Virgin East Coast. £40 for a 9:30 AM departure, direct. [www.virgintrainseastcoast.com]
All travel and show tix now booked for these (4) shows for me (!!)
Whoo whoo...
Enjoy it !!!
Jeroen
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MisterDDDD
For those returning to London the day after this show, was finally able to purchase an early bird fare via Virgin East Coast. £40 for a 9:30 AM departure, direct. [www.virgintrainseastcoast.com]
All travel and show tix now booked for these (4) shows for me (!!)
Whoo whoo...
Saw that the Monday after was already reduced, was starting to kick myself for not booking an extra day in Edinburgh, which I still may once I visit Can't wait!Quote
JN99
Ha, same rate and same time but I'm heading down on the 11th. I was able to book a couple weeks ago via Virgin East Coast.
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syrel
I am now starting to pay as much attention to freaking train tickets as stones tickets. This may be of interest to people looking to buy train tickets for the Edinburgh show:
"Network Rail are temporarily changing how far in advance train timetables can be confirmed. Train times and tickets are usually available for customers to plan and book their journeys up to 12 weeks before departure. However, possibly for the duration of the next timetable beginning on 20th May, some may not be available until closer to the date of departure.
The majority of weekday services will be unaffected, although journeys at weekends are likely to see changes to the expected timetable.... We expect final timetables to be confirmed six weeks before the departure date."
source: [www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk]
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frankotero
Anyone know how organization is at the stadium? I'm wondering if pit ticket people will have to work their way from the back. That was a lot of work in Hamburg. The older I get the less I want to deal with this kind of hassle.