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Hi, im comming up to nottingham for an open day at the end of the month. Ive been looking at train fares and i must say i didnt expect it to be so expensive especially as im trying to book like 4 weeks in advance. Cheapest ive found is £18 for 2 seperate singles

So i wanted some advice or tips on any trains or websites you guys know that does good deals.

Thanks in advance :smile:

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try virgin trains their prices are usually good. 18 pounds sounds ok!!
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alex-hs
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trains are expensive whatever nowadays
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jkyng1
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18 pounds is cheap!!!!
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cdot
yeah. ud be looking at like £40 plus for a open return
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cdot
yeah. ud be looking at like £40 plus for a open return


LOL - try £118.00. A Saver Return is £50.00.

Marcus
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gilbo
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depends what time you book and if you have a railcard

www.thetrainline.com
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Asriel
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£18 is a good price. All the websites will charge the same, but dont use www.thetrainline.com as they charge for card transactions. Use www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk or www.virgintrains.co.uk
I think £18 is the cheapest you'll get. I use my young person's railcard and get those tickets at £6.60 and that's the cheapest you'll get.
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Catsvsdogs
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Ok thanks you guys for letting me know that £18 is normal.
For some reason i thought it would be less (i dont ever take trains so i dont know much). I actually thought that if i came here i would go back home at weekends....definetly not now lol
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jkyng1
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oh my god. it takes like 3 hours a journey! definitely not go home! what course are you going for?
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blone_bomb
You can get tickets to london with a railcard for under a fiver, but they have to be booked well in advance. You can still get cheap deals nearer the time but only if you search around for the best price, rather than going at the exact time you want to get somewhere.
Instead of looking at St Pancras - Nottingham, Kings Cross - Grantham - Nottingham is a faster route depending on connection time at Grantham. Extremely cheap tickets can be had for the Kings Cross - Grantham leg.

Marcus
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St. Pancras - Notts is probably the best route. Eastmidland Trains are really comfortable and you'll really enjoy the view.
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v2006
woksz, between cripps and hu stu, which one is better?
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WokSz
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Hu Stu! Cripps has extremely SMALL rooms!! I didn't like the overall outlook of the Hall either.
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jkyng1
oh my god. it takes like 3 hours a journey! definitely not go home! what course are you going for?



It actually takes 1:45 - 2 hours on the train :smile: . Im going for Economics
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WokSz
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Make sure you get dropped off at the Hallward Library then. The Faculty of Economics and Law is right next to it :smile:.
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jkyng1
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so is nottingham your firm?
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Ok thanks Woksz

I havent got all my offers yet so i dont know if it will be my firm or not

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