Avanti Trains (match day travel from the South East)

The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
You can go via Crewe on West Midlands trains and back via Crewe on Avanti the week after for £33. It’s £66 for the Norwich weekend. Might be worth looking at LNER and changing at Leeds or Doncaster. You can do that, if booked early enough, for about £55.
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I travel up from Kent regularly too & have been dismayed at the prices set by Avanti. Haven't seen the cheap fares on London Northwest to Crewe either.
What I have seen is LNER doing fares to Leeds or Donny from £17.50 & connect to MCR for £11 return. I'm traveling up this way for the first two home games.
Does mean legging it to Piccadilly for the 17:30 after Norwich but I'm thinking of cabbing it from Ashton New Road to Stalybridge & picking up the service there at 17:45 instead.
Like others have said, don't bother with Trainline, use the national rail site to plan & go direct to providers.
Also, for Leicester away, no direct trains from St Pancras that weekend but £7 or £11 one way to Nuneaton from Euston on London Northwest & £5 return Nun-Leics if you buy separately. You get charged full whack £60 if you try to buy direct.
 
Anybody got any news on the club planning on sorting out the 20% City Membership reduction on Avanti?. We got it in the first year of Avanti but it ran out during the Pandemic? I Avanti prices are a but more 'regular' for the September 18th match, but we could still do with the 'discount'!
 
simon1967 said:
Anybody got any news on the club planning on sorting out the 20% City Membership reduction on Avanti?. We got it in the first year of Avanti but it ran out during the Pandemic? I Avanti prices are a but more 'regular' for the September 18th match, but we could still do with the 'discount'!
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I see they're a bit cheaper direct but seem to be targeting the post match trains at £45. Good to see the £9 fares to Crewe back though.
 
Yes, there are some cheap one ways on 28th Sep - but very difficult to build a return journey for less than the Off Peak Return fare unless you leave Euston at crack of dawn!

Sorry: 28th Aug!
 
Kent_Col said:
I travel up from Kent regularly too & have been dismayed at the prices set by Avanti. Haven't seen the cheap fares on London Northwest to Crewe either.
What I have seen is LNER doing fares to Leeds or Donny from £17.50 & connect to MCR for £11 return. I'm traveling up this way for the first two home games.
Does mean legging it to Piccadilly for the 17:30 after Norwich but I'm thinking of cabbing it from Ashton New Road to Stalybridge & picking up the service there at 17:45 instead.
Like others have said, don't bother with Trainline, use the national rail site to plan & go direct to providers.
Also, for Leicester away, no direct trains from St Pancras that weekend but £7 or £11 one way to Nuneaton from Euston on London Northwest & £5 return Nun-Leics if you buy separately. You get charged full whack £60 if you try to buy direct.
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A gentle walk after the final whistle will get you back to Piccadilly in plenty of time for the 17.30 train.
 
Kent_Col said:
I travel up from Kent regularly too & have been dismayed at the prices set by Avanti. Haven't seen the cheap fares on London Northwest to Crewe either.
What I have seen is LNER doing fares to Leeds or Donny from £17.50 & connect to MCR for £11 return. I'm traveling up this way for the first two home games.
Does mean legging it to Piccadilly for the 17:30 after Norwich but I'm thinking of cabbing it from Ashton New Road to Stalybridge & picking up the service there at 17:45 instead.
Like others have said, don't bother with Trainline, use the national rail site to plan & go direct to providers.
Also, for Leicester away, no direct trains from St Pancras that weekend but £7 or £11 one way to Nuneaton from Euston on London Northwest & £5 return Nun-Leics if you buy separately. You get charged full whack £60 if you try to buy direct.
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Always worth looking at https://ticketysplit.trainsplit.com/ and then buying from the LNER website.

As for after the game, I’d walk to Piccadilly for the 5.30. Follow the tram line down Pollard street, cross Gt Ancoats St keep going and go up the stairs of the station car park. Leeds train usually goes from platform 2/3/4 so you’re right there.
 
Posted this elsewhere but Just a heads up that Avanti West Coast have today released/opened advance ticket sales for all trains up to Christmas Eve for anyone travelling away eg Watford or travelling up from the south for home games

Train Journey Planner | Route Planner | Avanti West Coast

Use our train journey planner to plan & book your perfect journey. Visit Avanti West Coast online today for our route planner & save when you book direct.
www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk
 
Useless if you can only book one way, and seems like a con as it could be reasonable one way and not the other.
 
LongsightM13 said:
Posted this elsewhere but Just a heads up that Avanti West Coast have today released/opened advance ticket sales for all trains up to Christmas Eve for anyone travelling away eg Watford or travelling up from the south for home games

Train Journey Planner | Route Planner | Avanti West Coast

Use our train journey planner to plan & book your perfect journey. Visit Avanti West Coast online today for our route planner & save when you book direct.
www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk
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Avanti have not offered weekend advanced fares. They're taking the piss.
 
berryblue said:
Avanti have not offered weekend advanced fares. They're taking the piss.
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I looked at the fares for West Ham and Brighton away. They are a disgrace. The train system is beyond a joke. The only people that can afford to use it are those who are working and can claim back on expenses. If you book in advance you can get the train from Hamburg to Berlin (useful for the Leipzig game) for just five Euros. That's 158 miles. This country has become a laughing stock. Our infrastructure is an embarrassment.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
I looked at the fares for West Ham and Brighton away. They are a disgrace. The train system is beyond a joke. The only people that can afford to use it are those who are working and can claim back on expenses. If you book in advance you can get the train from Hamburg to Berlin (useful for the Leipzig game) for just five Euros. That's 158 miles. This country has become a laughing stock. Our infrastructure is an embarrassment.
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I’ve travelled by train in Germany and France etc a bit in the past and they really do put this country to shame on every possible metric
 
Just received five emails from Avanti saying advance fares are now available for 28 August, 30 October, 21 November, 28 November and 15 January. The last one was of interest, but turned out not to be true.
 
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