Liverpool to Cambridge (NOT via London)

[ChrisTheRef]

Hi all,

After some help for a friend.

5 people travelling from Liverpool to Cambridge on Fri 07 Apr after 5pm
Returning Sun 09 Apr after 2pm.

Wanting to avoid London if possible.

I can't find any advance tickets for that route at all.

Thanks in advance.

 

[soil]

You can go via Birmingham, Nuneaton, Nottingham, or even Doncaster & Stevenage (the latter most likely not on any single ticket).

You could try:

Liverpool - Nuneaton 17:47 arr Stafford 18:42
Stafford - Nuneaton 18:55 arr 19:35 £12 Advance

Nuneaton - Melton Mowbray 19:52 £9.50 Advance
Melton Mowbray - Cambridge 20:35 (same train) £11.30 advance

Hence £32.80 outbound

Or £9.50 on London Midland to Birmingham 17:04 arr. 18:48 and then onto the same XC train via Nuneaton & Melton Mowbray. BHM - Melton Mowbray is £10

So this route works out £2 cheaper (£30.80), but it starts 43 minutes earlier for the same arrival time.

On the 9th, Ely - Pbo is replaced by a bus. So going via London likely to be the best option. CBG - BHM is £14 Advance via Kings Cross and Euston on Virgin. Earliest arrival time 17:25.

£13 on the 17:39 London Midland train from Birmingham arriving Liverpool at 19:14.

So £27 for the return leg.

Or, if you must, the 14:00 to Ely, then the bus, arr 15:43, at £7.70 advance, then the 16:24 from Pbo to Liverpool arriving at 20:30, priced at £18.90 advance

Either way around £58, which is £27 cheaper than the off-peak return 'not via London'.

 

[Romilly]

On the Sunday there are rail replacement buses between Ely and Peterborough.

There are Liverpool-Peterborough Advances at £40.80 each, and Peterborough-Liverpool Advances at £32.60 each (and two left at £19.90 on the 1624), on the direct East Midland trains. On the Friday, there are also Liverpool-Ely Advances at £42.80 each on those trains.

 

[amateur]

Hi all,

After some help for a friend.

5 people travelling from Liverpool to Cambridge on Fri 07 Apr after 5pm
Returning Sun 09 Apr after 2pm.

Wanting to avoid London if possible.

I can't find any advance tickets for that route at all.

Thanks in advance.

EMT route. Liverpool to Ely. Ely to Cambridge. Can they use groupsave?!