Exeter St Davids - Worthing fare enquiry

[Drsatan]

Hello all

On behalf of a friend here at uni I've tried looking for cheap tickets (with a Young Persons railcard) between Exeter St Davids and Worthing on either the evening of Friday 18 December or the morning of Saturday 19 December. All the advance fares appear to have dissappeared, and the cheapest fare I can find is an advance fare for £25, departing Exeter 19:48, changing at Taunton, arriving at Paddington at 22:30, departing Victoria at 23:17, and arriving at Worthing at 00:39. The cheapest fare avoiding London is an anytime single at £31.10. departing Exeter at 18:26, changing at Salisbury and Fareham, and arriving at Worthing at 22:52.

I've experimented with splitting the fares at Westbury, Salisbury, Southampton and Fareham, but buying seperate tickets for these legs always seems to cost more. For instance, an anytime single leaving Exeter at 08:49 on 19 December changing at Westbury and Fareham is £33.35; splitting the journey into seperate tickets at Westbury, Southampton Central and Fareham pushes the cost up to £35.80

It would be appreciated if someone could locate a cheaper fare for the journey, through experimenting with split ticketing or any AP fares I haven't noticed, bearing in mind me & this mate are students so we're not loaded!!

Thanks guys

 

[mumrar]

All the advance fares appear to have dissappeared

Disappeared? Most would refer to this as sold. They haven't been made suddenly unavailable, they're just not there. Perhaps when travelling this close to Xmas you should consider looking a bit sooner than 4 days before you travel.

 

[Drsatan]

Disappeared? Most would refer to this as sold. They haven't been made suddenly unavailable, they're just not there. Perhaps when travelling this close to Xmas you should consider looking a bit sooner than 4 days before you travel.

It's not me who's travelling though.

 

[paul1609]

I think the problem is that the cheap advance tickets are normally routed along the coast but because of the Southampton Tunnel works there is no quota.

 

[mathmo]

You can save a few pounds on the £25 ticket by splitting at Taunton: a £5.30 CrossCountry only single from Exeter to Taunton (valid on the 1923 from Exeter) and a £9.55 Advance from Taunton to Worthing, getting you there at 0039. Yes, it's almost the same trains as the £25 ticket, but for just £14.85! (You could get the 1948 as on the £25 ticket but it's 85p more and only has a slightly risky 5-minute connection at Taunton.)