Leyther_Matt Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 I know train tickets are essentially a pain in the arse in this country to begin with, but has anyone heard of services not having any Advance tickets at all on sale? Looking at booking trains from Piccadilly to Euston for the London v Leigh RL game in April. Advance tickets went on sale today but are only showing for a handful of trains on that route for that day, and even fewer if travelling from Wigan/Warrington instead. Having sent a tweet to Avanti, they said "It will all depend on the retail team's allocation. They may decide not to allocate Advance tickets for a number of reasons. Advance tickets are allocated, largely to manage demand and passenger pressure on other services. I see that there is no allocation on the earlier services on a Sunday, this will to encourage people to travel later if they can." Surely that's bullshit given how few services actually have Advance fares available and instead they've just not got round to putting them on sale yet, with left hand and right hand working independently. Given how often I've booked trains over the years for away days and the like, I've literally never heard of there being zero Advance tickets, especially on a Sunday so wondered if anyone had heard anything similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted February 10, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted February 10, 2020 We had similar last year on the way back from Millwall - I think it was Citeh who had been at West Ham which was the cause of it. We booked to come back via Stafford on the Liverpool train, only about a 15 minute wait but worth it to save quite a few quid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, Biggish Dave said: We had similar last year on the way back from Millwall - I think it was Citeh who had been at West Ham which was the cause of it. We booked to come back via Stafford on the Liverpool train, only about a 15 minute wait but worth it to save quite a few quid Not even any games scheduled for the Sunday yet and the Marathon isn’t until the following week. Will just hold out hope that they’re going to drip them through over the next few days. Clear as mud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 30 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said: I know train tickets are essentially a pain in the arse in this country to begin with, but has anyone heard of services not having any Advance tickets at all on sale? Looking at booking trains from Piccadilly to Euston for the London v Leigh RL game in April. Advance tickets went on sale today but are only showing for a handful of trains on that route for that day, and even fewer if travelling from Wigan/Warrington instead. Having sent a tweet to Avanti, they said "It will all depend on the retail team's allocation. They may decide not to allocate Advance tickets for a number of reasons. Advance tickets are allocated, largely to manage demand and passenger pressure on other services. I see that there is no allocation on the earlier services on a Sunday, this will to encourage people to travel later if they can." Surely that's bullshit given how few services actually have Advance fares available and instead they've just not got round to putting them on sale yet, with left hand and right hand working independently. Given how often I've booked trains over the years for away days and the like, I've literally never heard of there being zero Advance tickets, especially on a Sunday so wondered if anyone had heard anything similar. I'd imagine you're even more frustrated considering their original reply was that they'd be on sale today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 Advance tickets for all the other trains that day went on sale somewhere between half 9 and 11pm tonight. Work that one out. £60 return starting price on a Sunday morning to London sounds a bit steep to me, but at least I've been able to do it as a group ticket so got it down to £48 each which isn't too bad, all told. Can relax now. And feel a little smug in trusting my gut feeling to ignore the official advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Week after Easter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 26 minutes ago, Traf said: Week after Easter? Yeah, two single off peak's for Sat-Mon from WGN-EUS at £ 33 each way. Not bad really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 You’ve done well there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Can’t be many wanting to go to London v Leigh for m62 sport? Is something else on that day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 FA Cup Semi final weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 9 minutes ago, Traf said: FA Cup Semi final weekend Ah that makes more sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, tomski said: Ah that makes more sense Are you suggesting London Broncos v Leigh wouldn't put a massive strain on the rail network? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Traf said: Are you suggesting London Broncos v Leigh wouldn't put a massive strain on the rail network? I am. That’s what threw me on the original post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sweep Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Traf said: Are you suggesting London Broncos v Leigh wouldn't put a massive strain on the rail network? would the 4 travelling Leigh fans not just be better off travelling in a car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Sweep said: would the 4 travelling Leigh fans not just be better off travelling in a car? I bet it doubles to 8 as it’s the one time they don’t play Dewsbury, Castleford, Wakefield etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 And I think Broncos' ground is closer to leigh than it is to Euston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurichwhite Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Is there still a fast train like Virgin comfort standard nowadays between Manc and Euston? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 1 hour ago, zurichwhite said: Is there still a fast train like Virgin comfort standard nowadays between Manc and Euston? Thanks I don’t know that anything has changed, apart from the name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Avanti are using rebadged Virgin trains. A bit like the Reebok becoming the Macron. Very minimal change. Same staff etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurichwhite Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Thanks chaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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