Preston to bristol split tickets

[premier01]

I am travelling to Bristol on Wednesday 2nd September after 16:00-it seems that there are no advance tickets on the Virgin Trains website for this route-any advice on split tickets for First Class Advance or cheap First Class appreciated-it would need to be travelling back the next day.

 

[yorkie]

Splitting at Cheltenham is often useful for cross country journeys, but the fare from Cheltenham to Preston is only 6 quid less. You could try splitting at extra places, I had a quick look but nothing obvious came up. You can try splitting at one of the online booking engines or using Avantix Traveller.

 

[krus_aragon]

Virgin are rotters for advance tickets at short notice. If you split at Crewe, you can get some advance tickets with Arriva going via Shrewsbury. NRE shows CRE-BRI tickets at £28 on many trains in the afternoon. Add on a single PRE-CRE for £17.50 and you'll get there for a total of £45.50.

 

[cyclebytrain]

Go through London; there are advances available for both Preston-Euston and Paddington-Bristol. Guessing at your return times, I make it about £150 (I'm guessing at the cross London cost; I always bike it) rather than £238 for an open via Birmingham

 

[premier01]

Thanks-going with the direct route as need to get there within 4 hours.

 

[mumrar]

Thanks-going with the direct route as need to get there within 4 hours.

How about this. Preston to Crewe SOS £17.50, Crewe to Cheltenham SDS £30.80 and Cheltenham to Bristol CDS £7.30. Total is £55.60. The through ticket from Preston is £57.50 so it's not much of a saving

 

[yorkie]

Unfortunately the OP wishes to return so that combination doesn't work. It does raise an interesting point though, that shorter distance Singles (sometimes even Anytime singles) can be cheaper than a long distance Single (which are often priced as just a few pence less than a return).

 

[mumrar]

Unfortunately the OP wishes to return so that combination doesn't work. It does raise an interesting point though, that shorter distance Singles (sometimes even Anytime singles) can be cheaper than a long distance Single (which are often priced as just a few pence less than a return).

How silly of me not to look at that part of the OPs question.