National Express or Rail?

Hey all,
I was just wondering if anybody has any advice with regard to which option to pursue as my "secondary" from of transport.

I am from Liverpool, and my Dad should hopefully pick me up at the end of each semester and take me back as required. However I am thinking I will probably go home for say at least one weekend per month.

Therefore I am trying to decide whether to purchase the National Express NX2 card or the Young Person's Railcard... would coaching it be a lot less expensive and more convenient, or would they be essentially the same, so the train would be better (speed-wise)?

If somebody could let me know I would really appreciate it. I will be moving to make Lancaster my firm offer in the next few days.. my mind is set *waves to Sheffield* :tongue:

Kind Regards
John

Reply 1

mtbab

Go the nationalexpress and rail websites put in lanc to liverpool they'll give you the journey times so yuo can see what is quicker or more straight forward. becuase i'm bored i just went on the NE website typed in a few examply weekends, a lot of them require you to change at manchester and or preston and only have one suitable journey a day. with that in mind, i havent checked Rail but i would say go with th railcard its gotta be more straight forward and quicker lol. Hope that helped a little bit.

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Reply 2

jcalla

Yeah mate, I was thinking the same thing after checking the sites. Was just wondering if anybody has any direct experience from which they could advise me from ^^

Thanks for your advice :smile:

Reply 3

jcalla

Okies... taking years to get home is definitely something I will be doing my best to avoid!

Reply 4

JoeFen

Nah they fixed the rail thing now on Sundays, before it was a train from Leeds to Manc Picadilly, then to Preston, then a coach to the Uni and then 'that walk'.

I personally would have given them my second year loan if they hadn't of sorted it out by Oct.