For the Everton game I stayed over. I paid £31 going up from Euston and it was £35 back, though I did get £8.90 back on delay and repay - well worth registering for. You can almost factor in a bit of a delay. Those were Advance rate tickets, though there may have been some slightly cheaper times to travel than when I went.Cheers for that. Good find. Wish there was a way of finding out likely prices, as I’ll need to make a decision on deferment before then
I should have added that was with a Railcard discountFor the Everton game I stayed over. I paid £31 going up from Euston and it was £35 back, though I did get £8.90 back on delay and repay - well worth registering for. You can almost factor in a bit of a delay. Those were Advance rate tickets, though there may have been some slightly cheaper times to travel than when I went.
They do not offer cheap fares to be nice to the travellers. Putting up prices at weekends will cost the railways passengers and lose them money. I assume that the absence of discounted fares is due to technical factors and uncertainties over the short term as @staffsblue has already pointed out.
Once things get back to something approaching normality, I expect the saver prices to be restored. Apart from anything else a number of people have shifted from rail to private car during the pandemic. The railways will want to win back this trade. I suppose it will depend if there is a big backlog if maintenance works with weekend closures.
We normally travel from Edinburgh by rail for match days. For the Everton match, the West Coast line was shut north of Carlisle for engineering works and the price to travel East Coast to Manchester via York was ridiculously high. So we ended up driving down and staying overnight.
I have rarely had to stand on the train from Edinburgh. I use the cunning ploy of buying advanced tickets with free reservation. The only problems tend to occur when the train was broken down and a four-car train replacement arrived instead of eight.I find it cheaper and easier to drive from Edinburgh every home game - never stay over.
There’s me and either 3 or 4 kids, so a tank of petrol is far better than the cost for train tickets. That and about 90% of the time we’ve used the train it’s been standing room only and despite having reserved seats, we can’t get anywhere near them until we’re well into Cumbria.
Yes, not sure I fancy the train from South Wales either as that is always rammed both ways. I drive to all evening games and thinking might have to drive for all weekend games as well next season. Will miss having a beer but it is what it is.What worries me are the cattle truck conditions on the metro and usually on the stopping train to Crewe on the way home.
Even though l've had the jabs l don't relish being inches away from other people's respiratory intakes/exhausts.
I have rarely had to stand on the train from Edinburgh. I use the cunning ploy of buying advanced tickets with free reservation. The only problems tend to occur when the train was broken down and a four-car train replacement arrived instead of eight.
The trains are rarely crowded until we get to Preston (sometimes Lancaster) on the way down. Coming back on Saturday night it is generally crowded at least until Preston but not when travelling back on Sunday or Monday morning.
will travel there and back in a day with a 12:30 or 3:00 start time. Otherwise it is next to impossible. We do like to stay over in Manchester some weeks and go out for a meal. It also means we can have a drink before and/or after the match.
As long as the trains remain disrupted, we will probably continue to drive but hopefully things may be better by the start of the season.
We see the train from Wales flying past so fast that we can't see its full. I was considering going to Crewe, paying full whack from there and getting a train such as the Wales fast train but l am not sure now and l don't know about validity of tickets with the various companies.Yes, not sure I fancy the train from South Wales either as that is always rammed both ways. I drive to all evening games and thinking might have to drive for all weekend games as well next season. Will miss having a beer but it is what it is.
I think they’re waiting for timetable confirmation. The engineering works are around Stoke so trains should still run via Crewe and Wilmslow. Hope so anyway. But I’m not trying to book tickets until full capacity at the ground is confirmed and we know for sure that the Norwich game isn’t being moved because of the Barcelona friendlyAvanti website not too informative with regard to our first 2 home games. I can see engineering works will cause some disruption but at present weekends in August are blanked out. Is this simply because revised timetables are yet to be confirmed or should we make alternative travel arrangements now?
It used to cost me 4d for four bus rides, !/- into the ground and a tanner for a programme, I think! Could be slightly out with my calculations but I seem to recall making the round trip with a two shilling piece.We are all Legacy Fans now remember. It's just a natural evolution. Age limitations eliminates the drive option, shortage of cash scuppers the train option, concern for our own health eliminates the desire, and the non ownership of latesr tech eradicates the ability to deal with eTickets.
In short there comes a time to spend what time and cash we have left doing what we truly enjoy. I rather suspect that for many older fans, this costly, time consuming and newly regulated routine around attending a game, that could once be achieved by a 5p bus ride and 80p admission in an experience that took little more than 3 hours total, will soon wear very thin.
And enough change for a fish supperIt used to cost me 4d for four bus rides, !/- into the ground and a tanner for a programme, I think! Could be slightly out with my calculations but I seem to recall making the round trip with a two shilling piece.
Inflation had taken it's toll by the mid 60s when I started going, think it was 3d or 4d for half fare on the 99 from Sale, 2/6d to get in the Scoreboard End or if it was pissing it down 3/6d in the Platt Lane stand and a shilling for the programme, food was a Wagon Wheel, can't remember what they cost. Five bob in total would have been enough for most games.It used to cost me 4d for four bus rides, !/- into the ground and a tanner for a programme, I think! Could be slightly out with my calculations but I seem to recall making the round trip with a two shilling piece.
Not quite, but I think John Collier were flogging suits for 12guineas.And enough change for a fish supper
John Collier - "The window to watch"!!!Not quite, but I think John Collier were flogging suits for 12guineas.