Newcastle to plymouth

[candish63]

Hi,

I want to get my daughter home from Newcastle uni

Leave - Newcastle upon tyne 1st April anytime
Return Plymouth 1st May anytime.

Any ideas?

 

[SS4]

You reminded me of the green army ad xD. "Newcastle away today, that's a long old poke"

A single from Newcastle to Plymouth is £30.35 (with railcard) and £46.00 without. This is on the 9:03 from Newcastle arriving at 16:50 and a direct train! I don't think you'll get a better single to be honest (it is worth getting her a 16-25 railcard since full time students qualify irrespective of age)

Return tickets are not on sale yet since 1st May is more than 12 weeks away.

edit: all the others around it are £50 at least so try and book soon.

 

[ainsworth74]

Just worth adding that the single SS4 mentions is called an Advance and ties you to a specific train. So if your daughter were to miss her train she would have to buy a new ticket (which on the day could prove quite expensive).

Also just remembered if she is a member of NUS she can get an extra 10% off advance ticket prices when booking through the CrossCountry website (only works for fares on their trains however). See here. But even if she isn't an NUS member it is cheaper to book through the CrossCountry website. Same ticket as SS4 mentions is £27.70 from there.

 

[candish63]

Thanks for all your help.

 

[ChrisTheRef]

Thanks for all your help.

Glad you found what you wanted and welcome to the forum

It's worth mentioning to your daughter that if she misses her booked train, a single from Newcastle to Plymouth without a railcard is a mere £169.50
Eeek!

 

[candish63]

I will impress on her the need to be there on time...........
She's looking forward to coming home

Thanks

 

[ainsworth74]

Glad we could help