UK train tickets
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nipperS2K

Original Poster:

84 posts

198 months

Friday 19th March 2010
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Just how difficult is it to buy an advance ticket online, its ridiculous and I have lost patience, nearly chucked the computer through the window. Anyone have any easy suggestions or a way to buy 4 weeks in advance doing home to London on the Monday and return on the Friday?

koenig999

1,667 posts

248 months

Friday 19th March 2010
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Eh?

www.thetrainline.com there.

Koenig

bigandclever

14,063 posts

254 months

Friday 19th March 2010
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http://www.thetrainline.com

Can't be that hard? What's not working?

hyperblue

2,834 posts

196 months

Friday 19th March 2010
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http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ Will also do the job, without charging a booking fee!

V8mate

45,899 posts

205 months

Friday 19th March 2010
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And if the route doesn't require a change of companies, just use the train operator's website to buy the ticket.

nationalrail.co.uk is easiest though.

miniman

28,349 posts

278 months

Friday 19th March 2010
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V8mate said:
And if the route doesn't require a change of companies, just use the train operator's website to buy the ticket.
Even if it does.

shakotan

10,815 posts

212 months

Friday 19th March 2010
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miniman said:
V8mate said:
And if the route doesn't require a change of companies, just use the train operator's website to buy the ticket.
Even if it does.
Absolutely, I can be a ticket through the Virgin Trains site for a non-Virgin Train.

V8mate

45,899 posts

205 months

Friday 19th March 2010
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shakotan said:
miniman said:
V8mate said:
And if the route doesn't require a change of companies, just use the train operator's website to buy the ticket.
Even if it does.
Absolutely, I can be a ticket through the Virgin Trains site for a non-Virgin Train.
I think the train companies which offer that use nationalrail as their site's 'back end'.