quitongo Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Looking to get down to Manchester on 6th Aug for the Man Utd game and back the following day. The National Rail Enquiries site seemed to quote ?40 return but I cant follow right through the transaction? Any other ideas? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAYEL Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I go down to Waverly ticket office. They always find the cheapest tickets available. Usually cheaper than quoted elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribble Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 ?40 return will probably be as cheap as it gets now since they stopped the megatrain from edin - man, once got the return for ?3 !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I got down to Manchester for about ?13 a few months ago, so you should be able to get up and down for ?30 or less. I got it cheaply buy buying singles from Edinburgh to Preston then Preston to Manchester. Alternatively you could go through to Glasgow and get the Megabus down, although that might not work out too different. Last but not least, you can try getting down on the National Express East Coast train to Leeds and then a train from here to Manchester (again all singles). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Evans Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Looking to get down to Manchester on 6th Aug for the Man Utd game and back the following day. The National Rail Enquiries site seemed to quote ?40 return but I cant follow right through the transaction? Any other ideas? Cheers! ok mate. Thats a good price but dont book through National Rail. You will get a discount of around 10% if you book direct with Virgin Trains. Other option is to go on National Express east coast website and go to York then cahnge. Sorry no links im a bit poor at this malarky. But the ?40 you have been quoted is a very fair deal so take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 ?40 isn't bad but I'm pretty sure you could do cheaper. But probably not much. I did Edinburgh-Preston-Manchester-Leeds-York-Edinburgh four months ago for a grand total of about ?30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbies-tackle Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Spent ages online at he end of last year trying to book through trainline for an Edinburgh to Manchester return. Gave up eventually and phoned Virgin. Got through to a very nice Asian girl who got me a return ticket on a direct train for ?20(?10 each way). The Virgin train websites cheapest online fare at the time was ?85 return. My advice is check the website then phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenerjambo Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Try http://www.tpexpress.co.uk as they now have trains running between Edinburgh and Manchester. Here's times and the cost is ?26-50 for 2 singles http://www.firsttranspennine.trainsfares.co.uk/Buy_Tickets/Delivery/your_journey_details.asp?T2ID=7739_200872721524 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I went Edinburgh to Manchester and back a few weeks ago and got it for ?23 return on Transpenine Express as 2 single tickets. Booked through http://www.thetrainline.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quitongo Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 Cheers for all the help guys! Booked via Preston on the way down and directly on the way back. Worked out about ?40 on thetrainline.com! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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