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Author Topic: Group Save from Thatcham to Swindon Saturday 3rd October  (Read 2490 times)
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« on: September 28, 2015, 22:04:44 »

Hi All,  I need to take 2 adults and myself to Swindon on the above day.

What's the cheapest way of doing this? Is Group Save an option or is that out because some services may be crammed full due to the rugby?

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« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2015, 09:05:26 »

Groupsave would only generally be banned on tickets to stations where games are being held - intermediate travel on trains serving games destinations generally doesn't attract a ban. Check with GWR (Great Western Railway).
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« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2015, 09:08:34 »

Groupsave would only generally be banned on tickets to stations where games are being held - intermediate travel on trains serving games destinations generally doesn't attract a ban. Check with GWR (Great Western Railway).

Thanks ChrisB - will do. Sound advice
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« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2015, 09:10:18 »

GroupSave being offered online ... and if you have any fear that might be a mistake, buy there and print out the agenda / schedule to carry with you.  And I couldn't find any splits or overruns that would reduce the cost ... which in an ideal world is really how the fare system should work.
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« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2015, 18:10:39 »

Assuming it's a Day Return:

Thatcham - Didcot Parkway, Off Peak Day Return ^5.70ea GroupSave
Didcot Parkway Swindon, Off Peak Day Return ^7.15ea GroupSave

Total: ^12.85ea GroupSave

Actual total for all 3 adults be slightly more than 3x ^12.85 due to rounding up.

You MUST travel on services that call at Didcot Parkway.

If you want the flexibility of any service from Reading to Swindon then the through Thatcham - Swindon Super Off Peak Return at ^16.05ea GroupSave.

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