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Author Topic: Cheap Olympic train tickets annnounced  (Read 7204 times)
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« on: June 22, 2011, 09:09:45 »

FIRST examples of special train fares for 2012 Olympic spectators, including a Newcastle-London advance return from ^37, have been announced.

The tickets can be booked from the end of this month.

Announcing the fares, the Association of Train Operating Companies (Atoc) said they offer ^great value for money^.

http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/06/22/37-return-to-london-if-you-watch-the-2012-olympics-61634-28919085/

Will Great Western follow suite?
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« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2011, 09:13:09 »

Yes they will. All based on the current Advance fares structure, so more than one level per journey.

A word of warning.

They will *only* be made available to those with Olympic tickets to begin with. The normal 12 weeks in advance will apply to everyone else - and by then there may be none left as they are all quota controlled.

So - will be booked through an Olympic website until week -12.....who'll be first to report the URL address of this new site?!!
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« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2011, 10:08:12 »

I claim my prize!

http://www.nationalrailgamestravel.co.uk/

According to a link within the text of the article linked by woody.

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« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2011, 10:15:15 »

Good spot!
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« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2011, 18:04:27 »

I now notice that the link, http://www.nationalrailgamestravel.co.uk/ is no longer in the text of the article posted by woody and attempting to access it brings up a 'problem loading page' error.

Maybe the page is offline while they build the website or a different URL will be used by ATOC» (Association of Train Operating Companies See - here).....
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« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2011, 19:48:46 »

I would expect Olympic tickets to have an allocated "discount code" to be used when booking rail tickets to prevent Joe Public booking them
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« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2011, 21:58:36 »

I think there'll be a pass code that'll be sent out with the Olympic tickets.

No code, no rail tickets!
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« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2011, 22:19:58 »

The easiest thing to do would possibly be to re-use whatever login details succesful applicants for Olympic tickets have already set up? 

Not having applied myself I don't know any details, but presumably applicants had to set up some sort of '2012' account already?

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« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2011, 22:34:21 »

Or via a link in an email....
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« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2011, 22:59:10 »

So, will those who have got 'row Z' tickets for the synchronised swimming on day one of the Olympics be able to get cheap rail tickets to Stratford regardless?
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« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2011, 05:18:49 »

Only on day 1....
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« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2011, 12:24:01 »

I now notice that the link, http://www.nationalrailgamestravel.co.uk/ is no longer in the text of the article posted by woody and attempting to access it brings up a 'problem loading page' error.

Looks as though this has just gone live.

Seems to allow you to check fares and then throws a 404 error when trying to buy....
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« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2011, 22:07:41 »

Well, throwing a 404 could be quite remarkable, depending on the context: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin_throw  Roll Eyes
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