Train Booking Websites?????

[Dan_1981]

Does anyone knwo how they actually bloody work????

If i go to either the Trainline or Cross Country trains and tell the website that i'd like to go from Chesterfield to Leeds tomorrow, departing after 14:00 and that the train must go via Sheffield I get the suggestion that I should catch the 14:03 train from Chesterfield which arrives in Leeds at 15:02.

Jolly good thinks I.

I'll just change the details to Sheffield to Leeds so I can see what time the train actually calls in Sheffield.

However both websites tell me that there is no train from Sheffield to Leeds that arrives in Leeds at 15:02????

Can someone please just check my sanity and tell me what i'm doing wrong?????

Many kind thanks in advance.

[miniman]

Chesterfield [CHD] to Leeds [LDS] - Saturday 16 July 2011
Departing Arriving Duration Changes
14:03 15:02 0h 59m 0

Calling points Arrives Departs
Sheffield [SHF] 14:17 14:21
Wakefield Westgate [WKF] 14:46 14:47

[Dan_1981]

I agree.

So where is that train on here?



(apologies for the poor quality)

[miniman]

It's the one you have highlighed, surely?

[Dan_1981]

Ah.

Yes.

Bugger.

[miniman]

In more good news, if you do get that train it will be a Vomit Comet meaning that:

(a) you will be standing

or

(b) you will be standing right next to a stinking khazi

Good luck.

[bigdods]

I assume you are just using it to check the train times and not booking. My experience every time I have looked at prebooking the day before is that the tickets are more expensive than buying at the station. Maybe its cheaper if you book further ahead but I am never that organised.

In once case the price difference was £40 for the ticket and when I got to the station they were offering free parking for the day with a return ticket, so saved another £4.50