So the plan was.Cycle to Bridlington four of us.home on train direct.Went to Station today to get times and costings.£30-50p single.£122 for the four of us.We could get it down to £19-60p using two trains,Brid to Hull,Hull to Leeds.But at 18-45 we might not get four bikes on the same train.Who wants to be in Hull at 18-45 in the evening,in cycle clothing and a bike,not us we have decided.So that is that.Another ride already sorted.A shock at the price of a single ticket.
Shocked at train fare.
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Saluki
World class procrastinator
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- ...Norwich over the water.
The train companies don't really encourage people to use their service, do they.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
Get a friends and family rail card to cut costs
snorri
Legendary Member
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- East coast, up a bit.
Is £20 with your Senior Rail card for a 2 hour train journey so bad in this day and age? There's quite a choice of trains from Bridlington to Leeds, I doubt you would be stranded.
http://tickets.redspottedhanky.com/rsh/en/JourneyPlanning/FaresView <cheaper ticket sales companies are available.
http://tickets.redspottedhanky.com/rsh/en/JourneyPlanning/FaresView <cheaper ticket sales companies are available.
the_mikey
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Railcards are generally restrictive in their use, so while a Friends and Family railcard can allow discount fare for up to four adults, there must be at least one child in the party too, along with at least one of the two named adults on the rail card.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
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You could get it down to £14 if you travelled from Bridlington to Scarborough. Then Scarborough to Leeds.
As for being in Hull at 18-45 in cycle clothing.
Here's me in Brighton at 08:45 in cycle clothing.
To be honest, i'd not regard £19 as being excessive to get back from Bridlington. £14 is definitely a bargain. You really do need to get to grips with rail maps and online booking facilities.
£30 quid for rail fare, a couple of beers, a nice ride out and fish and chips at the seafront is a cheap day out in my books.
The postman doth protest too much, methinks.
Piemaster
Guru
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Yebbut thats Brighton. The locals would be giving you wide berth, or you'd fit right in.
And whats wrong with being in Hull at 18-45 anyway? I do it daily.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
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- Meanwood, Leeds
I've been in Hull at 18-45 and 08-45 in identical garb and enjoyed the beery experiences. I really don't know what postman's objections are founded on - an irrational fear of being outside of West Yorkshire?
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
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- Meanwood, Leeds
That reminds me - I need to get my kilt ready for the weekend after next's frivolities at Knockengorroch.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
About £16 for a 60 mile journey with bike doesn't seem so bad. I wonder what question was asked that didn't result in the cheapest ticket or group discounts being offered... or was it just a poor ticket officer?
jack smith
Veteran
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- Durham
Thats nothing i got quoted £220 to go to blackpool from durham! luckily whenever i have been on a train the army have paid but the price on the tickets is always rediculous
subaqua
What’s the point
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- Leytonstone
was that turn up and go prices or advance prices ?
the_mikey
Legendary Member
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- South Gloucestershire
As said above, get a rail map, plan your journey carefully, many railway journey I take involves a few minutes costing different routes and splits.
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
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- Manchester way
There's numerous websites that look at different ways of splitting journeys and reducing fares. There ws a thread on here recently where a few were mentioned, though there was still some.thought that the human brain with maps and timetables could do better than the computer algorithms
e.g.
https://raileasy.trainsplit.com/main.aspx
e.g.
https://raileasy.trainsplit.com/main.aspx
