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The Big Price Drop. We've reduced our fares in 2010. Valid from 2 January 2010. Find out more

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FIND THE CHEAPEST TRAIN TICKETS ONLINE WITH US

We’re lowering our prices for 2010 on over 50% of our Advance purchase tickets, so now you can travel for less. Book using our Best Fare Finder now.

The cheapest place to buy a train ticket for travel with us is through our website. We have no credit card charges, no booking fees, no delivery charges and no reservation charges. In addition to this we also give you £1 off our Internet Advance fares when you buy them online through this website.

Alongside our standard cheap train tickets we have a range of special offers and ideas to make your journey simpler and more affordable.

BEST FARE FINDER – THE EASIEST WAY TO FIND CHEAP TRAIN TICKETS

Our new Best Fare Finder lets you search quickly and easily for the cheapest tickets on our London services. These are our Internet Advance fares.

It's simple: select your departure station, destination and preferred dates of travel and press search. Our Best Fare Finder will show you all the tickets available for three days either side. This allows you to plan your journey around the times when our cheapest fares are available. For added ease of reference, our lowest fares are highlighted.

Cheap train tickets release dates

Check our Advance ticket on sale dates for the following routes:   London     Liverpool/Norwich

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We release our Internet Advance tickets in batches several weeks ahead of the date of travel. This calendar shows how far in advance you can currently book these tickets. Tickets for weekdays (Mon to Fri), Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays are all released separately.

We are happy to send you an email alert when we release the next batch of tickets - this will give you an advantage for booking the cheapest tickets as they do sell quickly. Register for alerts now.

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How to find the cheapest fares

  • 1. Book online

    Booking online is cheaper. Our Internet Advance tickets for services to/from London have £1 off when you book online. We also have no credit card charges, no booking fees and no reservation charges on any of our tickets. Use our Best Fare Finder to book online now and collect your ticket from the station.

  • 2. Book ahead

    Register now for cheap ticket alerts. Our cheap train tickets are released two to three months ahead of the travel date and sell out quickly. Booking as early as possible gives you the best chance of being able to buy the cheapest ticket for the journey you want to make.

  • 3. Be flexible

    If you can be flexible, our Best Fare Finder lets you quickly browse alternative times and dates of travel – immediately showing you the cheapest tickets that are likely to be available for each journey. You stand a better chance of getting a cheap train ticket if you travel after 0900 weekdays or at weekends.

Reasons why you may not be able to find a cheap ticket

If you are using the Best Fare Finder, it may display “no tickets” for some dates. We can only release cheap train tickets for travel on a particular date when we have confirmation from Network Rail that our services on that day will be unaffected by engineering works and track improvements. As a result, you may find that tickets for weekend and bank holiday travel are not always released in date order. We understand the inconvenience that this causes our customers – to help solve the problem, we can send you email alerts when cheap tickets go on sale. Register for alerts now.
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