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« Reply #18615 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 14:17:00 » |
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Is that not cheap? Try national express Sam.
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #18616 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 14:19:12 » |
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Try splitting the trip through Didcot. Sometimes this works out cheaper.
It seems they closed that loophole a while ago. Never seems to work out cheaper any more. Why would a privately owned rail company care about the environment over profit?
Because I'm being self-important and don't want to pay stupidly high rail fares. |
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #18617 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 14:22:13 » |
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Is that not cheap? Try national express Sam.
The quickest coach is 2hr 35m. It's not worth the saving. |
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« Reply #18618 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 14:26:26 » |
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It seems they closed that loophole a while ago. Never seems to work out cheaper any more.
In my London days, the Didcot split would work a treat - but only if you had a London Transport annual Gold Card (or equivalent). One of the perks of having the annual ticket was the entitlement to a discount on rail journeys within an approx. 50 mile radius of London. The zone (which was based, more or less, on the old Network SE area) included Didcot, but did not extend as far as Swindon. So if you were travelling from London to a home game, it made sense to book the London-Didcot leg using the card (and getting the discount), and then buying a standard Didcot-Swindon ticket for the remainder of the journey. We all did it. The only limiting factor was that the train had to physically make a stop at Didcot for the tickets to be valid - so trains that went fast straight through from Reading to Swindon were off limits. |
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« Reply #18619 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 14:32:54 » |
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The quickest coach is 2hr 35m. It's not worth the saving.
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #18620 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 14:42:13 » |
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Looking at booking train tickets for me + one child to London on a Monday. The cheapest ticket is £55. How is that supposed to be encouraging me to use public transport over driving my car and polluting the atmosphere?
Won't the parking if you drive to London cost about 55 quid anyway! |
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« Reply #18621 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 14:57:07 » |
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Could you put a child's seat on your bike?  |
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« Reply #18622 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 15:04:26 » |
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Get a family railcard and book in advance via didcot. Think prices are very reasonable that way.
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« Reply #18623 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 15:07:11 » |
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Swindon-Didcot rtn
Didcot- Reading rtn
Reading- London Zones 1-6 Travelcard.
Try that combo... off peak, for me with a young persons railcard works out £26 (7+4+15) and includes unlimited travel in Ldn; tube, bus, tram etc.
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« Reply #18624 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 15:09:46 » |
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My experience was that you didn't need to go via reading. Via didcot was enough for the cheapest tickets. Has that changed now?
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« Reply #18625 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 15:11:14 » |
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Could you put a child's seat on your bike? They're only any good when the kids are tiny.....one of these sort of tandem things is the way forward.  |
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« Reply #18626 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 15:11:42 » |
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My experience was that you didn't need to go via reading. Via didcot was enough for the cheapest tickets. Has that changed now?
£16 Swindon- Reading rtn Young person off peak... pathetic pricing structure. |
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« Reply #18627 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 15:15:34 » |
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Yeah but you don't need to buy a ticket from didcot to reading for the cheapest tickets do you? Doesnt didcot to London already do this?
Not saying you're wrong, I'm curious.
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« Reply #18628 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 15:20:29 » |
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Yeah but you don't need to buy a ticket from didcot to reading for the cheapest tickets do you? Doesnt didcot to London already do this?
Not saying you're wrong, I'm curious.
you're right.. it works out about the same price. reason i always make sure its via reading is that if i were to 'accidentally' board a train that doesnt stop at didcot, ive only got half an hour of avoiding the inspector. if i got a train that didnt stop at didcot then the entire journey, and getting through the barrier at padd (if your ticket bends or whatever and the guy on there is switched on) its an issue. |
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« Reply #18629 on: Monday, February 2, 2015, 15:26:44 » |
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Ah. I see
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