Manchester to London and back - cheaper than a 4 mile taxi!

[amazingtrade]

I want to go to London in December as I need to get away from Manchester. The train journey there is £7, on the way back its £9.

Yet a taxi back to my house will cost £10 (ok title slightly miss leading). The train arrives at manc at 11:35 at night by which time the buses stop running.

And the the taxi drivers now have a cheek to chargr a 20 fuel surcharge even though fuel is now cheaper than I can remember for a long time.

 

[penance]

But the taxi drivers need to have the brake lines changed every week, hence the price.

 

[garyi]

From andover to birmingham and back is £95 so you got a very good price on tickets thats for sure.

 

[mr cat]

yeah, cheap as chips at that price - from newcastle to london - it's cheaper to fly...

 

[amazingtrade]

You get to learn all the tricks if you use the train a lot. If you turned up at the station on the day it would be around £250.

The Manchester to London service is now every 20 minutes, each having 9 carraiges, thats 900 people per train and 2700 people an hour. They are not always full and they charge most tickets at around £60 each for a single so they sell the unsold ones very cheaply in the hope you will then spend money on the onboard shop.

It is staggering though really, leave my house at 8:30, get some breakfast at the station, would be in London for 11:30.

 

[Bob McC]

It isn't a trick. It's mobitix. Tickets to your mobile phone from the Virgin site. Now booking Manchester to London up to Dec 12th.

http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/specialoffers/default.aspx

it gets lots of traffic so best at night.

I'm going in February. Advance tkts £8 each way and that's off the train line regular site.

 

[amazingtrade]

But sometimes you can only book from that one way, I have managed to get both of that, but sometimes I have to use tricks to get a cheap ticket. Manchester to Stoke on Trent, Stoke on Trent to Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes to London that sort of thing (all on the train station).

Manchester > Stoke on Trent > Birmingham New Street is another good discount, and you never need to leave the train.

 

[Bob McC]

Try Manchester to London!
12 weeks in advance
£8 each way.