Great Western Coffee Shop

Glad to have discovered this forum. I returned to the UK in 2008 after 16 years living in Europe and it's taken me quite a while to adjust to the way public transport works here, not least in the area of tickets and pricing! Way too old for a Young Person's Railcard and not yet eligible for a Senior Citizen's pass, I miss something like the Deutsche Bahn railcard which enabled some serious discounts if you planned ahead; the main difference to the UK being that the system was transparent, very easy to use and understand...

Anyway, I've not come here to be nostalgic  :) but simply to find the best way to make my journey to work run as smoothly and cheaply as possible.  ;D

Typical rail journeys:
Three or four days a week, return journey:
Montpelier - Newport (Gwent)

My travel is also seasonal, meaning that a season ticket would never work for me. A carnet on the other hand would, so I'm going to post on that subject in another thread.

Less frequent journeys:
Bristol - London
Bristol - London Airports (Heathrow, Gatwick)

All the best

John (mowerbyte)

Thanks very much for posting that introduction here, John - and a very warm welcome to the Coffee Shop forum!  :)

Thanks for the warm welcome - my first post (in the Fare's Fair topic) looks like it might end up netting me over ^10 a week savings on my fare - which is, as my Dad would say, better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick! ;)

Cheers all round  ;D