You've all heard of ticketysplit which splits a train ticket and you stay on the same train but a lot of times it's cheaper to change trains. For example Manchester to London in two days (4/8) around 1130 all trains are £80. Ticketysplit does not have any cheaper options for any journey around that time. Now checking manually Manchester to stoke and stoke to London if I were to book in advance the 1146-1239 Manchester to stoke is £3 and the 1328-1550 stoke to London is £10 in total this equals £13 - about £9 with a railcard - a far cry from the £80 Virgin were asking for a direct journey, this works vice versa as well and normally works upto two days before traveling but sometimes the cheapest tickets are available a day before travel (I know 49mins is a big gap between trains but I'm using this as an example plus there are many other options Manchester to stoke for a few pounds more with less waiting time between trains but I'm using these as they're the cheapest), there are many other options across the entire uk and it works well a lot of the time. I don't know of any app that does this so it does take a bit of time to work out the cheapest fare as it has to be done DIY but if anyone knows any app or website that does this please let me know.
I've just checked another route
Next week Wednesday 10/8, London to Newcastle around 1245 cheapest train is £64, checking London to York brings up the 1253-1447 grand central service for £17.50 and checking York to Newcastle brings up 1508-1615 for £7.10 total price London to Newcastle is £24.60 - £16.40 with a railcard.
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ahenry
3 Aug 1616#15
Sometimes the UK route planners will only show you the fastest routes. However, if you search at http://www.bahn.de/i/view/GBR/en/index.shtml you can add intermediate stops, and also say how long you want to stay there.
http://www.rome2rio.com is also worth checking as it will also suggest alternatives like a bus, flight or taxi.
The forums at http://www.railforums.co.uk have people who know more than you want to, about the 16 million train tickets that you can get in the UK.
http://www.mytrainjourney.co.uk is a new site which lets you search for the punctuality for specific trains over the last year.
ysm1234
3 Aug 1615#3
And save £67, equals £33 an hour which I think would convince some people. It's also good for people who don't like the tilting trains as this way you avoid them. But as I said this is only one example and for £6.80 extra you could cut the journey time by 49mins leaving at 1235 - total journey time would be 3hr 15mins. In the second example London to Newcastle normal journey times are around 3hrs so you save £40 with just an extra 22mins. This will vary depending on route and train times.
koksy
3 Aug 166#2
but it takes 4hrs4mins instead of 2hrs8mins?
iibdii
3 Aug 163#4
not that I will ever use trains but heat for your effort as this surely is smart way to save money
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justanothercid
2 Aug 16#1
thanks
koksy
3 Aug 166#2
but it takes 4hrs4mins instead of 2hrs8mins?
ysm1234
3 Aug 1615#3
And save £67, equals £33 an hour which I think would convince some people. It's also good for people who don't like the tilting trains as this way you avoid them. But as I said this is only one example and for £6.80 extra you could cut the journey time by 49mins leaving at 1235 - total journey time would be 3hr 15mins. In the second example London to Newcastle normal journey times are around 3hrs so you save £40 with just an extra 22mins. This will vary depending on route and train times.
iibdii
3 Aug 163#4
not that I will ever use trains but heat for your effort as this surely is smart way to save money
the_flamedeer_hunter1985
3 Aug 161#5
I think this is aweome, I'd rather save that kind of money and wait longer even going for a coffee for an hour and the cost of the tickets saves loads compared to a single journey. Heat!!!!!
wishwish
3 Aug 16#6
Good post,should help many to save cash.thanks.Heat.
3gees
3 Aug 16#7
Heat and many thanks, OP. Great money saving post.
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I've just checked another route
Next week Wednesday 10/8, London to Newcastle around 1245 cheapest train is £64, checking London to York brings up the 1253-1447 grand central service for £17.50 and checking York to Newcastle brings up 1508-1615 for £7.10 total price London to Newcastle is £24.60 - £16.40 with a railcard.
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The Martin Lewis site http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/split-cheap-train-tickets/ is free. However, it only does single tickets. http://www.splitticketing.co.uk also looks for return tickets, and will show you the train times, but not the details of where the tickets are split, as they want you to book the tickets through them.
http://www.rome2rio.com is also worth checking as it will also suggest alternatives like a bus, flight or taxi.
The forums at http://www.railforums.co.uk have people who know more than you want to, about the 16 million train tickets that you can get in the UK.
http://www.mytrainjourney.co.uk is a new site which lets you search for the punctuality for specific trains over the last year.
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