Megatrain
Get The Cheapest UK Train Tickets To Over 200 Destinations
Get Megatrain tickets online here and travel on the cheapest train tickets in the UK from £1.00 plus, to over 200 destinations across the country. Yes. You can get one-way journey tickets to several popular destinations in the UK. You just need to book way early in advance.
Mega train rail ticket discount remains a well kept secret in the UK despite having being around since 2003. This train service is by Megabus in partnership with Southwest trains, Virgin trains and East Midlands trains.
You will be able to get a one-way journey ticket starting from £1.00 plus a booking fee of £0.50.
They do not have any other hidden fees or any other extras!
It even gets more interesting: you travel in the same "normal" trains with other passengers who might have paid through the nose to make the same journey.
Are you a student? Do you have a valid NUS Extra Card, TOTUM discount Card or the Scottish National Entitlement card -NEC (only valid for travel in Scotland)? You could even get another 10% off the price of your train travel.
Megatrain is perhaps best known for their Megabus campaign. They own both companies.
They provide the cheapest UK train tickets you can get to destinations like:
- Exeter
- Baths
- Portsmouth
- Peterborough
- Nottingham
- Birmingham
- Glasgow
- Salisbury and many others
This services links London St Pancras train station to several locations across England, Scotland and Wales.
Since Megatrain does not cover all UK trains destinations, it would be handy to note the most popular and frequently plied routes and destinations.
You can travel for the same £1.00 plus a 50p booking fee fare to you proposed destination on the Megabus if your proposed megatrain route is not plied by this train services.
Top Megatrain Routes & Destinations
The top megatrain routes and destinations include:
London (London Waterloo) To Axminster (Axminster Train Station)
You can get up to 4 daily journeys on this route, starting off from London Waterloo Station at
- 08:20 HRS,
- 09:20 HRS
- 12:20 HRS, and
- 14:20 trains on the South West Trains.
Journey time is around 2hrs 45mins.
If you book on time up to 6 weeks in advance, you pay £1.00 plus booking fee of 50p, otherwise you could be paying up to £20 for late bookings.
London to Bath on Mega £1 Train tickets (London Waterloo to Bath Spa Station)
This London Waterloo to Bath Spa station leaves Bath at:
- 09:07 HRS and
- 16:07 HRS
The London to Bath service on this route is from:
- 09:20 HRS and
- 12:20 HRS
All journeys are on the South West Trains.
Birmingham to Carlisle
This is a rather infrequent route.
Check to see if you can find this Mega Cheap train ticket for this route for your journey well in advance and close to the time of travel.
Birmingham to Edinburgh
Another infrequent route, but check available for your time and date of travel.
Birmingham to Glasgow
This route is plied by both Megatrains UK and Megabus UK.
The train service is quite irregular, and you are more likely to get on the Megabus for this route, from The Priory Queensway Stop PC Station in Birmingham to the Buchanan Bus Station in Glasgow Scotland.
This journey takes about 5 hours on the bus.
Birmingham to London
The Birmingham to London route is a truly popular Mega Train UK route.
You have a choice of taking the Megabus or train.
With up to 6 daily journeys on the high speed Virgin Trains, and having to pay £1 train ticket from Birmingham to London, you can really not ask for a lot more!
Preston to Birmingham (Preston Train Station to Birmingham New Street Train Station)
Are you looking to travel to Preston from Birmingham on the cheapest train fare possible?
Yes. You can travel on Megatrain on this route and pay £1 train ticket from Preston Train Station to Birmingham New Street Station.
Travel is on either the Scottish Citylink Train services or Virgin Trains.
Journey time is between 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours.
Like any other destination on the Megatrain route, be sure to book 4 to 6 weeks in advance to increase your chances of getting these deals.
There are of course many other destinations you can get the Mega Train to in the UK.
How To Book Your Mega Train Journey
This is the biggest issue with Megatrain - how to book their services. It is not as difficult as it sounds though, if you follow our guide here:
- Select your destination
- Add the number of passengers travelling
- Do you have a valid discount card? Select type and enter its details
- Now pick your travel time
- You will now be presented with available travel slots and options for trains or bus
- Select train journey if available, otherwise you may have to go with the available bus
- It is time to pay for your journey online
- You can make payments with most major credit cards - Visa or MasterCard.
- You will then get a your Megabus.com Reservation Number sent to you via email. Be sure to keep this to display on your travel date.
Contact Details For Megabus
Megatrain is run by Megabus, a Stagecoach group of companies.
If you have difficulty with booking tickets or anything else, here is their contact details including telephone number and email address:
Megabus Customer Services
megabus.com/megatrain.com
Buchanan Bus Station
Killermont, Glasgow G2 3NW
Website: https://www.megabus.com
Email: enquiries@megabus.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 141 352 4444
Office hours are 07:00 to 22:00, UK time, 7 days a week.
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