Orient Away

[THE FLASH]

Train and tube....anybody worked out the costs?

[suttonred]

i've been to orient once.was in the fa cup around 1990ish.cannot remember if we won there in the replay or drew and beat them here.deffo played them twice though.

That's the only time i've been there, although cant remember much as a bit worse for wear!

[Cookie]

How much are tickets for this and is it pay on the day?

[lambourn red]

£20 and it is pay on the day although you can buy tickets at ticket office, I think the away end holds around a 1300 but if we win the next 2 we might actual take a fair few so it might be worth buying the tickets up front.

[ibelieveinmrreeves]

Train and tube....anybody worked out the costs?

It's looking about £35 for me, but thats yougn persons railcard and going from bath spa. I'm more concerned by the 4 changes that thetrainline are suggesting I take! Sounds like an effort.

[reeves4england]

It's looking about £35 for me, but thats yougn persons railcard and going from bath spa. I'm more concerned by the 4 changes that thetrainline are suggesting I take! Sounds like an effort.

Can you not go Bath to Paddington, then make your way onto the central line? (I haven't checked engineering works, so the answer may be no!)

I'm looking forward to this. I suppose it would be wise to book some tickets given that it sounds like a popular game!

[THE FLASH]

Take the circle line to liverpool street and then central.

No service between Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court on central...i believe.

[reeves4england]

Take the circle line to liverpool street and then central.

No service between Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court on central...i believe.

Ok, I've just checked, and you're miserably wrong

There is no central line service west of Marble Arch and the Circle Line is closed, so the best route would be either Paddington to Liverpool Street on the Hammersmith and City Line, then Central Line from there...or it might be quicker to get to Baker Street, then go Bakerloo to Oxford Circus and change for the Central Line from there.

[reeves4england]

PS: If anybody could buy me two tickets sometime this week I'd be very grateful!

[axs]

PS: If anybody could buy me two tickets sometime this week I'd be very grateful!

I can, will get them tomorrow. Assume they are standard adult ones?

[lambourn red]

Got a group saver for 4 of us from Newbury for £38 bargain

[reeves4england]

I can, will get them tomorrow. Assume they are standard adult ones?

Yep, doesn't look like there's any student tickets or anything. Ta very much!

[Batch]

Train and tube....anybody worked out the costs?

From Swindon? Don't quote me on this (cue quote). Use the Didcot method if possible and make sure your train stops at didcot before embarking:

Swin-Didcot return - £8.90 (of peak day return)
Didcot Paddington return + travelcard £23.00 (travel card off peak)

So £31.90. Not sure about group saver prices. I'm currently travelling billy no mates and meeting people up in London.

whereas

It is much cheaper doing this than getting a direct ticket Swindon-Paddington return on the same ****** train. Only restriction is train must stop at didcot:

Swindon-padington - £45 super save off peak day travelcard/£53 travelcard off peak. WHAT A SCAM!

As for times, as far as I can see here are some examples that stop at Didcot (no changes):

OUT:
dept: 9:51 arrive: 10:56
dept: 10:04 arrive: 11:08
dept: 10:11 arrive: 11:14
dept: 10:18 arrive: 11:23

Narrow time band, there must be later ones but I didn't check.

IN (pad-Swin):
dept: 17:30 arrive: 18:31 (unlikely!)
dept: 18:21 arrive: 19:29
dept: 19:30 arrive: 20:30

For tube see R4E post above!

[lambourn red]

From Swindon? Don't quote me on this (cue quote). Use the Didcot method if possible and make sure your train stops at didcot before embarking:

Swin-Didcot return - £8.90 (of peak day return)
Didcot Paddington return + travelcard £23.00 (travel card off peak)

So £31.90. Not sure about group saver prices. I'm currently travelling billy no mates and meeting people up in London.

whereas

It is much cheaper doing this than getting a direct ticket Swindon-Paddington return on the same ****** train. Only restriction is train must stop at didcot:

Swindon-padington - £45 super save off peak day travelcard/£53 travelcard off peak. WHAT A SCAM!

As for times, as far as I can see here are some examples that stop at Didcot (no changes):

OUT:
dept: 9:51 arrive: 10:56
dept: 10:04 arrive: 11:08
dept: 10:11 arrive: 11:14
dept: 10:18 arrive: 11:23

Narrow time band, there must be later ones but I didn't check.

IN (pad-Swin):
dept: 17:30 arrive: 18:31 (unlikely!)
dept: 18:21 arrive: 19:29
dept: 19:30 arrive: 20:30

For tube see R4E post above!

It always shocks me how much more it costs to go from Swindon than Newbury or Hungerford, I know it is further but it is not double the distance from Paddington. Our return tickets are £9.50 on Saturday from Newbury and would have been £11 from Hungerford but there is less choice of trains from there.

[Batch]

It always shocks me how much more it costs to go from Swindon than Newbury or Hungerford, I know it is further but it is not double the distance from Paddington. Our return tickets are £9.50 on Saturday from Newbury and would have been £11 from Hungerford but there is less choice of trains from there.

I know.

And thanks to the different train franchises having different prices its near impossible to find the 'best price' too.