Newport to Nottingham fares

[Drsatan]

Good evening

I plan on travelling from Newport S Wales to Nottingham on 13 March, returning on 15 March. On both locations I will be travelling late afternoon

I have looked on eastcoast.com for Advance Purchase fares, but the cheapest fare I can find is the Off-peak Return(SVR). I've also looked on trainsplit and takethetrain.com, but both sites do not show any AP fares at the times I want to travel.

I've looked at going via London, which is no cheaper. Can anyone get a cheaper fare than the SVR?

Thanks

 

[185143]

I'll have a look. Do you have any railcards? If not, are you eligible to any?

 

[Drsatan]

I have a 16-25 railcard

 

[Haywain]

You are looking to travel at a very busy time, so it's no surprise that a discounted Off Peak Return is the cheapest you are being offered. I'm not convinced you are going to do sufficiently better than £46.60 to make the loss of flexibility worthwhile.

 

[John @ home]

Trainsplit indicates that a few pence can be saved by splitting Off-Peak Returns at Cheltenham.

 

[185143]

You can travel via Manchester for £34.30 with split advance tickets. Its around 2 hours slower though!
I looked at sending you via Crewe and Derby, but the lack of advance tickets between CRE-NOT make that quite expensive!