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Title: 2010 advance fares - massive rise? Post by: soupowl on December 09, 2009, 23:39:59 I usually book the 17.15 train from London Paddington to Swindon. I book on the internet and pay ^20.00. I am trying to book for January, and the cheapest train now seems to be ^34.50 at this time, and hovering the mouse over it you get a message saying the fare is only valid for trains travelling through Slough. The normal route for the 17.15 is Reading, Didcot, Swindon.
What is going on? Am I really going to have to pay ^14.50 more? Title: Re: 2010 advance fares - massive rise? Post by: Ollie on December 09, 2009, 23:41:41 All Swindon trains from Paddington will pass through Slough.
Advance tickets are quota based so is not always guaranteed you will get the ^20 fare, in most cases further ahead you book more likely you are to get it cheaper. Title: Re: 2010 advance fares - massive rise? Post by: inspector_blakey on December 09, 2009, 23:47:47 34.50 for a London - Swindon journey slap damn in the middle of the evening peak hardly strikes me as daylight robbery.
Title: Re: 2010 advance fares - massive rise? Post by: JayMac on December 09, 2009, 23:59:06 ^18 on Mon 16th Feb 2010
Title: Re: 2010 advance fares - massive rise? Post by: devon_metro on December 10, 2009, 16:27:43 34.50 for a London - Swindon journey slap damn in the middle of the evening peak hardly strikes me as daylight robbery. Agreed, it shocks me that they are offering Advance tickets at this time. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |