Simon Calder reveals how to get train tickets for £3 in the Great British Rail Sale
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Simon Calder reveals how to get train tickets for £3 in the Great British Rail Sale

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The government is hoping the Great British Rail Sale will stimulate demand for rail travel. open image in gallery Avanti West Coast Pendolino 390155 passes over Docker Viaduct, with 1000 Glasgow Central to London Euston The first national strikes since the 1980s have been disrupting travel since June 2021. Avanti West Coast, which runs trains from London Euston to the West Midlands via northwest England and Scotland, has badged discount tickets with a “Rail Sale” message. open image in gallery Tickets please: Great Western Railway hub, London Paddington Can I book in first class?

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Simon Calder reveals how to get train tickets for £4 or less in the Rail Sale
23 hours, 12 minutes ago

Simon Calder reveals how to get train tickets for £4 or less in the Rail Sale

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy “More discounted tickets than ever before”: that is the government’s promise as the 2025 Rail Sale …

Rail sale: When you can access cheap train tickets and the operators taking part
5 days, 20 hours ago

Rail sale: When you can access cheap train tickets and the operators taking part

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Train ticket offers Examples of price reductions on typical Advance fares include: Examples of price reductions on typical Advance fares …

Review into rail fare-dodging enforcement after ‘egregious’ prosecutions
2 months ago

Review into rail fare-dodging enforcement after ‘egregious’ prosecutions

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In her first appearance before the Transport Select Committee, Louise Haigh said: “We have seen egregious examples of fare prosecutions …

Every rail ticket sold at this train station costs taxpayers £100 – but the status quo prevails
1 year, 2 months ago

Every rail ticket sold at this train station costs taxpayers £100 – but the status quo prevails

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Crowthorne’s ticket office would ideally be staffed all day long, but at present the hours run only from 6.45am to …

Why you should buy your train tickets before 5 March
1 year, 10 months ago

Why you should buy your train tickets before 5 March

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rail fares are set to go up on 5 March and current train tikcet prices will …

One million £1 train tickets available as Northern launches flash sale
2 years, 4 months ago

One million £1 train tickets available as Northern launches flash sale

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rail operator Northern has launched a flash sale, promising a million £1 tickets for journeys across …

Nationalise the railway and slash fares: Andy Burnham’s plan for transport
2 years, 8 months ago

Nationalise the railway and slash fares: Andy Burnham’s plan for transport

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Burnham sets out the policy that, as a senior Labour politician, he is promoting: “We won’t get the railway …

Train fans could win £10k to become ‘Chief Environment Officers’ and promote UK rail travel
2 years, 8 months ago

Train fans could win £10k to become ‘Chief Environment Officers’ and promote UK rail travel

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Coinciding with Earth Day, the UK’s rail industry has launched a search for three ‘chief environment …

Half-price train tickets: How does the sale work and what’s the catch?
2 years, 8 months ago

Half-price train tickets: How does the sale work and what’s the catch?

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As the government and rail industry seek to boost demand after the slump caused by the pandemic, more than one …

Great British rail sale: London to Edinburgh for £22 as train ticket prices slashed
2 years, 8 months ago

Great British rail sale: London to Edinburgh for £22 as train ticket prices slashed

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First step to cut cost Transport campaigners welcomed the move but warned that it should be a first step to cutting the cost of rail travel. It can show the Treasury that the way to increase income is to cut fares, not to keep ratcheting them up and driving people off the railway.” While rail travel is heavily subsidised by …

Great British Rail Sale: Everything you need to know
2 years, 8 months ago

Great British Rail Sale: Everything you need to know

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After an Easter break marred by transport chaos, there’s finally some good news for travellers. Launching the sale, Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, said: “For the first time ever, operators across the rail industry are coming together to help passengers facing rising costs of living by offering up to 50 per cent off more than a million tickets on journeys …

London-Edinburgh for under £10: budget train link will give railcard discounts
3 years, 4 months ago

London-Edinburgh for under £10: budget train link will give railcard discounts

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The new cut-price rail link between London, Newcastle and Edinburgh will deliver even better value than …

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