Buying Discounted and
Cheap UK Rail Tickets
Learn The Tricks

That is what this site is about ... bring you "cheap UK train tickets" at less than 40% the standard fare price if you buy your ticket early and apply the tricks well. Yes. You can get cheap train tickets to any UK National Rail station here

With the yearly increase in train fares across the UK, the cost of rail travel is becoming too much. Our discounted rail ticket website welcomes suggestions and comments from daily and infrequent train users on what their experience is on buying train tickets.

Discounted UK Train Tickets

Some of the discounts are pretty staggering, up to 75 or 80% off the normal price. So it is always worth looking around to see what is available in the way of cheap UK Rail tickets.

Cheap UK Rail Tickets :
The Tricks

Learn the tricks and tips of travelling on train buying cheap UK rail tickets and save massively. The top five tips are:

1. Buy Tickets On Time
   Early birds, they say, "eats the fattest worm". This is literally so with train tickets. All train journeys are priced well in advance, and tickets for them are released at least 12 weeks (3 months!) before hand. The sooner you buy tickets online before your travel day, you stand to save a lot from the standard fare. So. As soon as you know you will be travelling, get your tickets online.

   You can still enjoy a great level of discount on your ticket even if you buy it up to the night before your travel day. But savings will be more if you bought the same ticket earlier. If you are travelling from Chelmsford to Manchester tomorrow, for example, and only got to know today, do not wait till tomorrow to buy your train ticket. Go online. Buy today and save yourself a whooping amount. Get cheap UK Rail tickets easily.
   

2. Look Out for Single Fares
   To get cheap UK rail tickets to any where in the country, you may be surprised to find out that buying a return ticket isn't always smart. Take the pain and enter the "legs" of your journey as singles, instead of return, and then re-enter your journey as return and see potential savings if it applies to your trip destination.

3. Split The Journey
   Splitting your journey into several small bits may also help. So you can buy a ticket from say Crewe to Watford and then Watford to London.

   This method works most of the time, but you will have to enter in several journeys in the ticket search box. You can find the details of the stations along the route you plan to travel on, and then using different stations, to find out which one offers you the best price. Hard work, but it pays. Just think about it; it may take you no more than 20 minutes to do such research, yet this can potentially save you over a £100 depending on where you are travelling to. How many people earns a £100 in 20 minutes?

   Also, if you can, think about using a different station. So instead of thinking that you have to travel from Crewe to London, can you travel to Stoke and then get another train (after 9:30 am) from there? This may cut down the cost of your travel significantly.
   

4. Plan You Journey Off Peak Times
   This is a well known way of significantly cutting on your travel cost and get yourself cheap UK Rail tickets just by altering your travel time where possible. Plan your journey for the off peak times.

   If you want to travel to London and back on the same day, then it is always best to travel at either 5 am or after 9:30 am and then return say at 8 pm or even later if you can. This is because these times are not convenient for business travelers. You not only travel for less, but in greater comfort as there are less number of people on the train. So, if you are flexible, you have more chance of getting a cheaper ticket. And while it may be inconvenient, there are plenty of things to see and do in London for a couple of hours, while you wait on the time for your train to leave.
   

5. Using Railcards & Other Discount Cards
   There are railcards and discount cards for rail users to save you further on your rail journeys. Buying a railcard, or student oyster card saves you at least a further 30% on your journey. Just imagine the total savings if you apply all the above tips on cheap UK train tickets, combined with a further thirty percent savings? What a smart way of getting cheap UK Rail tickets!

   If you are aged between 16 to 25 years, or you are a student, or even travelling as a family, or you are 65years of age or above, or still you are disabled, never ever pay the full fare on train tickets.

   This is true more so if you are a frequent user of the train. But even if you are not a frequent user, and you are, say coming to the UK on holidays, you might find out that buying a railcard and use it when you buy your train tickets could still save you lots of money. Get more information on where to buy railcards here.

It is possible to buy cheap UK railway tickets, it just takes a little time, that's all!

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