long buckby/northampton to milton keynes central

[nj_mills]

Have just tried looking for fare prices for Long Buckby or Northampton to Milton Keynes central leaving Saturday the 10th December and returning the day after and am being shown a price of £10.40 for an Anytime Single on each day and with no option to get a off peak single or return, this was on the London Midland website. I then looked on the National Rail website and got the same results, but now with the option of a £71 return. I tried changing the dates to a weekend next month just to compare and there is no difference. Any help it seems rather unusual?

 

[yorkie]

The only Returns are Day Returns on these two flows. Of course, there are other tickets available such as Season tickets, and Rover tickets (the £71 ticket is not a return!) but they wouldn't be suitable for you unless you are making other journeys too.

You could get an Off Peak Return from Rugby to MKC for £16.30 and start/finish "short" at Long Buckby or Northampton.

 

[dzug2]

The £71 isn't actually a return fare - it's an East Midlands flexi rover allowing 3 days travel. It's odd that it should show up though - but the absence of off peak tickets isn't that uncommon.

 

[hairyhandedfool]

The £71 pound fare is a 3 in 7 east midlands flexi rover.

(on the nres site click the 'return' tab, select a train and at the bottom the 'tickets' section shows the fare type)

 

[SS4]

The £71 ticket is the 3 in 7 East Midlands Rover.

There are no return tickets because there are only day returns on this route, presumably due to the short distance involved.

There is a £17.40 off peak ticket for the same journey, although I'm not sure if starting short is permitted, perhaps someone with Avantix access can check?


Alternatively see Yorkie's post

 

[nj_mills]

OK brilliant thanks for everyones help with this