Hello there.
I think it was matey who was stood with us, who implied the savings would be greater.  But perhaps he is only an occasional traveller - otherwise how could a daily travelcard be cheaper than a season ticket?

Your advice has been very useful, and whilst I do not necessarily need anything to make my evening drink at the buffet taste any nicer, I shall not mind paying the price quite so much knowing it is coming out of my ^340 saving! 

Thank you for introducing me to the Coffee Shop.

Sharon

My "normal" trains do stop at Didcot, but I am aware that buying my tickets this way would leave me with less options in the event of a delay/cancellation etc.

However, for obvious reasons, my first priority has to be price.  A standard season from Swindon to Paddington is ^7,024.  This is a massive amount of money just to get to and from work, and so I am interested in any way to reduce that.

Obviously if there is a solution whereby I can still travel on a train that doesn't stop at Didcot, then that would be even better.....

Sorry for being a little vague.

Hello,

My name is Sharon, and I was introduced to this Forum (and the concept of splitting my train ticket at Didcot) last Thursday in a random conversation at the buffet bar on my way home from work.

So when I went to buy my weekly ticket for this week,on Monday morning, I bought a weekly season from Swindon to Didcot, and a weekly season from Didcot to London Paddington.

I saved myself ^30, so thank you very much for the advice.

However, when looking for my new annual season ticket price (I intend to get an annual season ticket for obvious reasons, but am just waiting til I get back from holidays later this month), by splitting my ticket, and buying 2 season tickets for the year only saves me ^340 (I appreciate ^340 is still a lot of money, but was expecting it to be more, after last week's conversation).

Is there a cheaper way to purchase my tickets to London (I don't purchase underground)?  I can't really book individual tickets in advance, as I commute 4 days per week, and whilst I always catch the same train in the mornings, I am not always on the same train coming home.

Any advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated.