London to Liverpool 2/7/09

[dojo]

Hi

I'm wanting to get to Lime Street by 5pm-ish this coming Thursday with a 16-25 railcard and would like some wisdom on finding uber cheap tickets.

I think I missed my chance for a cheap ticket direct between EUS-LIV but so far I've found splitting at Stafford to give me a price of around £12 on LM services (which I'd love to avoid). Anyone reckon I could whittle it down further? Journey length is no issue for me, so if there's some crazy route out of KGX via Ely, I'm all ears.

 

[mathmo]

www.nationalexpresseastcoast.com is currently offering me some £8.60 tickets for London-Liverpool this Thursday. It doesn't show them initially, but enter your journey details and search, then click "Show slower routes" on the left-hand side and tick all the boxes except the top one. You should get £8.60 on the 13:07 (direct!), 13:40 and 14:10.

 

[tony_mac]

I think that's a glitch - if you look at the details it says 'Train Operator: London Midland' and says 'There are no more seats available' if you try and book it.

There is a £15 'Virgin mobitix' to Manchester showing as available on Thursday, but I don't think you can get a railcard discount. There's also a £6.60 ticket on the 0645 WSMR service to Wrexham if you want to make a day of it, or various £18.50 Virgin tickets to Chester.

or £3.30 for a Chiltern Service to Birmingham, plus £5.95 for the LM service to Liverpool

 

[mathmo]

I think that's a glitch - if you look at the details it says 'Train Operator: London Midland' and says 'There are no more seats available' if you try and book it.

Yes, I should have spotted that, sorry. They seem to have stopped being shown now (bizarre!).

or £3.30 for a Chiltern Service to Birmingham, plus £5.95 for the LM service to Liverpool

I haven't checked this, but this sounds like a good call if it's available!

 

[dojo]

Hey thanks! Went for the Chiltern+LM option. Google Maps tells me I can make the walk between Snow Hill and New Street in 15 minutes - can anyone confirm?

 

[John @ home]

Google Maps tells me I can make the walk between Snow Hill and New Street in 15 minutes - can anyone confirm?

Yes, that's right but the walk between Moor Street and New Street is shorter.

John