Never to the dark side Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 There ain't no big long trains(High Speed trains in other words) Like they use on the Bristol to London corridor on the times we will be heading to and from Birmingham Its the four (and hopefully five coach trains) on our trip to Birmingham The turn up on the day fare is £55 pounds If you buy two seperate day returns it works out at Day return £9:40p Bristol to Cheltenham Day return £25.20p Cheltenham to Bordesley via Birmingham new street and Birminghan moor street If you think you might be using the trains to Brentford and Reading consider buying one of these https://www.twotogether-railcard.co.uk/online/?utm_medium=cpc&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvYL-oKeO1QIVyb_tCh12NguWEAAYASAAEgKGMvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Both tickets can be bought at any time at the booking offices and you can reserve seats at the same time I know every wants table seats,but you have to be quick off the mark to get table seats. In other words book up and reserve as early as you can When you get to New Street walk down the road to Moor street Bordesley is the first station and is used for approx two hours before the match and until two hours after the match ONLY I think the best train to use would be the 10:00 from Bristol temple meads as it seems to be the train that starts at BTM and would already be in the station Most other north bound trains will be full of holiday makers heading back home Coach "B" is normally the UNRESERVED coach Finally stock up and purchase in advance your lemonade crisps chocolate bars and home made sandwiches brought from home of course. Well there you go,if you need any other advice,let I know,and lets hope for a good day out We have not beaten Birmingham (AWAY) since the Premier league started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 58 minutes ago, Never to the dark side said: There ain't no big long trains(High Speed trains in other words) Like they use on the Bristol to London corridor on the times we will be heading to and from Birmingham Its the four (and hopefully five coach trains) on our trip to Birmingham The turn up on the day fare is £55 pounds If you buy two seperate day returns it works out at Day return £9:40p Bristol to Cheltenham Day return £25.20p Cheltenham to Bordesley via Birmingham new street and Birminghan moor street If you think you might be using the trains to Brentford and Reading consider buying one of these https://www.twotogether-railcard.co.uk/online/?utm_medium=cpc&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvYL-oKeO1QIVyb_tCh12NguWEAAYASAAEgKGMvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Both tickets can be bought at any time at the booking offices and you can reserve seats at the same time I know every wants table seats,but you have to be quick off the mark to get table seats. In other words book up and reserve as early as you can When you get to New Street walk down the road to Moor street Bordesley is the first station and is used for approx two hours before the match and until two hours after the match ONLY I think the best train to use would be the 10:00 from Bristol temple meads as it seems to be the train that starts at BTM and would already be in the station Most other north bound trains will be full of holiday makers heading back home Coach "B" is normally the UNRESERVED coach Finally stock up and purchase in advance your lemonade crisps chocolate bars and home made sandwiches brought from home of course. Well there you go,if you need any other advice,let I know,and lets hope for a good day out We have not beaten Birmingham (AWAY) since the Premier league started yes we have john.......1993.........chooo chooo.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 Thanks for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poland_exile Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 1 hour ago, archie andrews said: yes we have john.......1993.........chooo chooo.......... think that was Brady's / Sullivan's first game after the takeover. great following from us, blinding atmosphere, sweltering day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 think theres bad roadworks etc when we go there.....ie another villa nightmare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 Excellent work @Never to the dark side, have you thought about replacing the 15yr old work experience chap at Southern Rail on their twitter enquiries board?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted July 17, 2017 Admin Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 15 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: I think the best train to use would be the 10:00 from Bristol temple meads as it seems to be the train that starts at BTM and would already be in the station Arrives from Manchester at 09:06 so will be on the platform a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted July 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 For those who missed it first time round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcshorey Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 Crazy the difference in prices for Train tickets. Return between London Marylebone and Birmingham Moor Street is around £15 with Chiltern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 2 hours ago, bcfcshorey said: Crazy the difference in prices for Train tickets. Return between London Marylebone and Birmingham Moor Street is around £15 with Chiltern. I know, shocking. I paid £8 each way from Euston to Brum the other week (booking months in advance). £5 each way from Marylebone. While Paddington to BTM is around £35! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 Beware of those train deals that seem too good to be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 To all you train experts on here, I wonder if any of you might have some advice. One of my daughters (mid 20s) wants to make a one way journey to Manchester (presumably Picadilly, although her ultimate destination would be Oxford Road) in mid/late September. She has been quoted approx. £50 by some travel site on the Internet, leaving late morning from either Parkway or TM - any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 17 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said: To all you train experts on here, I wonder if any of you might have some advice. One of my daughters (mid 20s) wants to make a one way journey to Manchester (presumably Picadilly, although her ultimate destination would be Oxford Road) in mid/late September. She has been quoted approx. £50 by some travel site on the Internet, leaving late morning from either Parkway or TM - any suggestions? Weekend or weekday, sometimes this makes quite a difference. Is it worth her getting a young persons railcard if she makes regular journeys, costs about £30 but gives 1/3 off most fares for a year. Look at ticket splitting, there are apps and websites for this which work out if it's cheaper to break your journeys up. Eg Bristol to Brum, Brum to Manchester, most times you stay on the same train to complete the journey but in paper your journey is split making it cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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