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Internet and Call centre for return tickets on a groupsaver for 4 from Swindon to anywhere in London, (including wembley obviously) were £43....just went to swindon station as I heard they were doing em for £16 and sure enough they are....robbing bastards! just make sure you say you ask for tickets via didcot......

those that have already bought their tickets, you should be able to get a refund as long as its a flexible jobby.....

that is all

love from your money saving expert  ;D

Do you know if the same sort of deal is available from Chippenham ? Whats it called ?

Cheers

Fuck! Paid £34.12 each for 8 tickets last night (not including tube)

its simply a groupsaver for 4 people....although I had to tell her that I wanted to go via didcot rather than her telling me....should only be another couple of quid from nam

on the subject, just looked at getting my 8 tickets I bought earlier going from hungerford (not knowing that swindon was only 16 quid rather than 43) that cost 92quid for 8 @ 11.50 each and they want a tenner admin fee to refund them so.....

know any hungerford based town fans who might wanna take these off me hands to save me a tenner??

Is this avail over internet or do you have to go to station to get these?

You can get a group saver on the day i am sure.

This. No restrictions on them.

Theres six of us going.....so if two people want to make it up to eight we can get two group savers...if you know what i mean.

phil-s how many are in your party?my mrs and her mate want to go now my car is full.

You can get them on the day. Just ask for Group Saver, they will give you tickets from swindon to didcot, and didcot to swindon and a London Day Railcard from didcot to all London Zones. on the day will be £21.40 for 4 adults. Every junior after that is £1.

4 adults 4 juniors will be £8 something..

Well this a common thing for London away days and what you're saying is spot on. When my mate went to the station to get ours today (for £16 something) though they told him tht they are stopping the groupsaver. Not sure if that meant for Saturday 29th or just stopping them in general (I doubt), so my advice is get them in quick at the station.

All this 'it's cheaper to get a single' and 'buy your tickets to Didcot and then Didcot to London' etc....Our countries ticketing pricing system need sorting out, it's a joke....all the Tories fault!

What time are people planning on getting the train in the morning?

It's all well and good buying train tickets on the day, but if it's rammed then

a) You'll be queuing for hours to buy a ticket and
b) There'll most likely be priority for those who've paid for a set time/train

Good point Sam...get mine in the next few days.

The timed ones only get priority if a seats reserved with it though.

They are planning to stop doing the group savers.

So if you want one you better get down there quick.

Ticket office lady told one of the lads today, they were waiting for it in writing, but had already been told that they would be banned from selling group savers for next saturday.

What a bunch of utter money grabbing cunts.

That shouldn't be allowed...

Those capitalist twats will probably double the fares if they think they can get away with it, robbing bastards.

I expected it. To be fair the trains will be rammo anyway.

They cancelled them for the Gillingham game that was on the last game of the season in 2008, because there were too many fans going to be in London that day. I think the police have something to do with it.

Few of us got National Express to London that day for Gills (it was shit).

An open return with travelcard can still be had for £30 if you split at Didcot, which is pretty reasonable IMO.

Swindon Travel are doing coaches..............£12 return

Do u know how boring SAS Travel is?!

Yep....went twice with them 20 years back!...but its only an hour and a good fall back for people if they want...not for me or you but someone maybe.

Only an hour? Swindon Travel took four hours to get us to Charlton, and on the way back took an hour go from the Valley to the very nearby o2 Arena via Kent, Essex and Dagenham.

Yep....Charlton is a darned site further than Wembley....went via coach England v Egypt last month....hour and half...that was rush hour also.

JUMP THE TRAIN JUMP THE TRAIN JUMP THE TRAIN

I wish I had seen this earlier - I paid £28.90 for mine, because I saw this "group save exceptions calendar" posted online earlier:

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/groupsave_calendar.html

hahah I was on that Bus.

were you the nob that got excited by every sign he saw.

"Oooh Chelsea,look its Chelsea!"
"Oooh Parliament Square!
"Oooh the London Eye"
and my favourite "Oooh look its Tescos"

Quite possibly, although I don't remember Tescos. I think there were quite a few on that bus who were enjoying the tour a little too much.

Including the driver by the sounds of it.

Along with the Fast Show mongers ,some kid slurping his drink and the Dads Army Bus tour I can safely say im never getting a coach to footy ever again

I think a lot of people who has bought group savers are going to be disappointed, because you can bet the guards will be under orders to fine people who travel on trains before the 13.30 time with groupsaver tickets.

 

Group savers can travel at anytime.

Id be mighty suprised if tickets were even checked on the train or any barriers are down.Though its not a rick im going to take

Normally, yes, but it looks like there are exceptions. That document is from the National Rail site and it says groupsave is NOT available between Swindon and Paddington on 29th up to 13.30, like there is between South Wales and Paddington on Saturday for the Championship play-off.

I used to organise rail travel for work, and I know of instances that people didn't have the right ticket, and they would fine them on the spot.

I don't agree with it as they totally rip-off the people who go on the peak service between Swindon and London.

Didnt know that summer...will go down tomorow and find out....thanks.

right then, no time like the present and dont wanna get charged a tenner for getting these refunded!!.....so who wants me 8 x £11.50 groupsavers from hungerford?

leave car at hungerford and just stay on train back from paddington to swindon rather than getting off at reading and just pick up car next day. alternatively, got quoted cab fare of £20-£25 from v cars.

I'm driving to Bicester North, direct train to Wembley Stadium from there, about £15.

So are these £16 tickets still happening or not?

they are not selling group savers for my 0911 departure
8.90 Swindon-Didcot return (4.45 under 16)
21.80 travelcard Didcot-Lunnen includes underground overground wombling free (1.00 for u16)
under 3's are free
I've got 60 tickets in my pocket!!!!!

Rich, I bought 4, worked out that we bought super off peak returns to didcot, and then group savers incl underground from didcot to london. £16 each, a cracking lass selling these at Swindon station tonight. Give it a go in the morning, call centre staff in Delhi are useless and will insist it cannot be done this way!

Good job im going from Banbury then!

Don't know how many for sure. Definitely 3, but could be 8 when my son & his mates hurry up & decide how they are getting there.

So the Group savers are not valid for Swindon to London. They may be valid from Chippenham to London. Am I right ?

just this minute been down the station and booked 1 groupsave and 1 standard fare via didcot on any train via didcot worked out £19.10 each

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Can someone tell me then. Groupsavers from Swindon to London are unavailable, but they are from Didcot? So you pay for a return to Didcot, then a groupsaver from Didcot right? This is legit yeah?

As long as you have valid tickets from Swindon all the way through to London you can buy whatever you like

so are people planning on getting a train to paddington then tube to wembley, or straight to the overground line by the stadium? because aparantly there are 3 stations around the stadium?

im not experienced with trains as you can see, so far i know i need to go via didcot for the groupsaver, but then where?

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I'd say your best bet is to get a day travelcard on the tube. It's easy to get to Wembley that way and it gives you the flexibility to adapt your plans as much as you want.

ok cheers, so is paddington the best place to go from overground to underground?

Just been on National Rail website. If you split at Didcot AND Reading it's coming up at £21.15 each for 4 people with the railcard included.

sorted mine out now.groupsaver via didcot nice and cheap.crafty fuckers didn't allow the groupsaver from swindon to didcot though

For me, train to Padd...drink in padd area (i know a few pubs around there) bakerloo line via Willesden to Wembley Central (to avoid a possible build up at Baker St) 20 min walk to the ground.

I also purchased a groupsaver via Didcot last night.

That would be wimbledon common....

And it's free apparently...

Is Wembley central the closest station to our side (West) of the stadium or just the less congested out of the 3?

Wembley Central comes in South West of the stadium, a bit further than the train station.  Wembley Park comes in directly North and a bit closer.  You can use all of them to get to Wembley from the East, so I doubt there will be much difference in potential entry points for both sets of fans.

I can't get the hang of this.
Went to Chippenham Station. 4 x tkts as a group saver £89.50 buy any time
Goes online Group saver tickets on all sites show as £179.00 They ain't taking the discount off.
Group saver chippenham to Didcot Didcot to Padd & return adds upto £88.80
So if I went to Chippenham sation does that mean I can get 4 returns for £44.40.

Alos what the cheapest way to pasy for the underground ?

Millwall fans will be using Wembley Park. If we do win I'd recommend going back via Wembley Central, it's a little bit longer journey but probably a lot safer.

Coppers will be everywhere

Very true and I completely agree but I stick with my advice, use Wembley Central to get back to Paddington if we win.

I've complained by emailing FGW about misleading info on both their web and the call centre not that they actually give sh1t but I've had a response from a human being rather than the automated message - they know they're ripping the public off - wonder what cardiff are paying tomorrow?!

You've confused me but do the following:-

Buy group saver for 4 from swindon via didcot to anywhere in the smoke (inc travelcard from zones 1-6!) were £63.80. just find out a groupsaver for 4 from nam to swindon and add that to it - job done bosh no??

I went to the Chelsea v  Villa FA cup semi final and we used Wembley Park, it's well served but it was rammed all down Wembley Way. The mounted police controlled the flow of fans to Wembley Park and you will find you may stand around for a few minutes every few hundred yards. There was no segregation of fans along the route but a lot of banter  :D

Wembley Central is on our (west) side of the ground and I will def be using it.

I havent been to wembley since 1991 but when i went onto national rail site it says there is a wembley stadium train station? Never heard of it before, am i going mental.

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Wembley stadium is served by Chiltern trains and the station is right next to the stadium. Trains there from high wycombe rislip and Marylebone. The wembley central is about 15 min walk to the ground but is quite quick from Paddington on the bakerloo line. The other is wembley park and that drops you right at the end of wembley way.

Found this on the wembley stadium website - page 3 details recommended underground routes for each set of fans. As above we're in and out of Wembley Central: http://www.wembleystadium.com/events/majorevents/league1.htm (http://www.wembleystadium.com/events/majorevents/league1.htm)

Under Travel information click on 'click here' to open a pdf.