Plymouth- London Waterloo On April 5th, with a change at Exeter St. Davids

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[Branch Line Connor]

I would leave Plymouth quite early (6am) and leave London Waterloo at 6pm-7pm. Please note no tube please. So a change at St. Davids to get a SWT^▸ (South West Trains). I was looking on the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) website but it confused me. If you could get times and prices for 1 child and 1 adult (Family and Friends Railcard) That would be great.

[John R]

Anything else you'd like us to do whilst we're at it? Collect you and drop you at the station?

 

[Branch Line Connor]

Sorry I know its alot but Im not exactly the best on the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) webiste 

[JayMac]

A rather more friendly response than John R's:

Engineering work scheduled that day between Basingstoke and Woking so replacement bus for part of the journey and consequently  5hr 45mins each way. An alternative to Waterloo is to change at Reading.

OUT
PLY^» (Plymouth - next trains) d0655 RDG^▸ (Rail Delivery Group, or Reading station, depending on context) a0932
RDG d0942 WAT a1104

RTN
WAT d1820 RDG a1940
RDG d2011 PLY a2327

Fare for one adult and one child with FaF Railcard will be ^61 Super Off-Peak Return.

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Going your chosen route (with the longer journey and rail replacement bus) can be much cheaper, although nearly 12 hours travelling and multiple changes.

OUT
PLY d0530 EXD^» (Exeter St Davids - next trains) a0636
EXD d0726 BSK^▸ (Basingstoke station, or Brake Standard Corridor (carriage), depending on context) a0955
BSK d1005 WOK a1055 (bus)
WOK d1105 WAT a1135

RTN
WAT d1830 WOK a1854
WOK d1910 BSK a2000 (bus)
BSK d2007 EXD a2242
EXD d2308 PLY a0012

As at 23:43 on 26/01 Advance singles fares available at ^12.75 each way (^25.50 total), for one adult one child with FaF Railcard, for these services.

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A third option is to book Advances from PLY-RDG and then purchase a Super Off Peak Day Return from RDG-WAT. Totals around ^35 at present.

Hope this helps.

[Btline]

Anything else you'd like us to do whilst we're at it? Collect you and drop you at the station?

[grahame]

Train to Paddington, bus 23 to Aldwych, then a wide variety of routes from the south side of Aldwych over Waterloo Bridge.  The train fare and times should be much easier to find from the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) web site - or from National Rail's - or from 08457 48 49 50. The buses on route 23 run every 4 minutes, and are very frequent indeed over Waterloo Bridge.


This thread has been brought to the attention of the moderator team on the coffee shop by a third party to the thread.

We're here as a great information resource, and many of us enjoy coming up with options such as the one above (which is probably far easier that making various train changes along the way, and does exclude the tube).   However, don't forget that  alternatives are available on a wide variety of web sites and on the phone from National Rail, or you can be helped out at your local station if you're fortunate enough to have a staffed one. 

If you're a new poster, awed by all the options, please do post here and ask your question, and you will get a friendly response - happy to help you find your way through the muddy and overcomplex options for even a simple journey like Plymouth to London.  But if you're a poster who is well established, you've got a bit of "previous", and you've still not realised that questions are answered by real people who deserve respect, pleases, thank you-s, and expect follow ups to let them know how you got on, etc, then you must expect the odd sharp reaction.   As an admin / moderator, I don't condone the sharp reaction - but I'm not going to change it in any way in this case. 

[Branch Line Connor]

Thanks  Massive Help, any idea when that matieneince ends?