National Rail cheapest fare finder

[tomoufc]

I used to find National Rail cheapest fare finder occasionally very useful for specifying the cheapest tickets between destination pairs within set time parameters. This could be combined with other fare searching tools to find best value tickets.

But it seems to have disspeared, and other 'cheapest fare finders' don't seem to offer quite the same functionality (eg showing what is literally the cheapest ticket from Stockport to Newport next Wednesday, without having to look through lots of departures).

Has it really gone, and if so are there any exact equivalents?

 

[ExpressTrain]

It’s difficult to find but it still exists, link here:

Cheap Train Tickets, Rail Times & Fares Finder - National Rail Enquiries

Find the cheapest train tickets possible, the best value rail fares and times for your journey from the official source of Britain's rail travel.

ojp.nationalrail.co.uk

 

[nedchester]

It’s difficult to find but it still exists, link here:

Cheap Train Tickets, Rail Times & Fares Finder - National Rail Enquiries

Find the cheapest train tickets possible, the best value rail fares and times for your journey from the official source of Britain's rail travel.

ojp.nationalrail.co.uk

Still doesn’t offer the cheapest ticket like Rovers

 

[Par]

Still doesn’t offer the cheapest ticket like Rovers

It will find such tickets, even if it won’t allow you to subsequently purchase them.

I’ll likely be using the Lancashire Day Ranger next month to make the journey as seen below, but will be buying the ticket on the day. I don’t belief this ticket can be purchased online, although I’m happy to be corrected if someone can advise otherwise.

 

[tomoufc]

It’s difficult to find but it still exists, link here:

Cheap Train Tickets, Rail Times & Fares Finder - National Rail Enquiries

Find the cheapest train tickets possible, the best value rail fares and times for your journey from the official source of Britain's rail travel.

ojp.nationalrail.co.uk

Thanks so much. Yes, it seems impossible to find on the page. How did you get it, out of interest?

 

[nedchester]

It will find such tickets, even if it won’t allow you to subsequently purchase them.

I’ll likely be using the Lancashire Day Ranger next month to make the journey as seen below, but will be buying the ticket on the day. I don’t belief this ticket can be purchased online, although I’m happy to be corrected if someone can advise otherwise.

Try Helsby to Hexham and it doesn’t come back with a North West Rover…..

 

[ExpressTrain]

Thanks so much. Yes, it seems impossible to find on the page. How did you get it, out of interest?

You’re welcome. I couldn't actually find it by looking through the website, so I searched Google. Looking for “national rail cheapest fare finder” on Google took me to the NRE Journey Planner page (presumably this used to be the old homepage) which had a link to the cheap fare finder.