Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine

Heroes & Villains => Tickets & Travel => Topic started by: silhillvilla on October 28, 2012, 09:31:16 AM

Title: Trains to Sunderland
Post by: silhillvilla on October 28, 2012, 09:31:16 AM: Hi there,

Does anyone know of any cheap train deals up to Sunderland this Saturday ?
Title: Re: Trains to Sunderland
Post by: PeterWithesShin on October 28, 2012, 01:21:46 PM: Try redspottedhanky.com
Title: Re: Trains to Sunderland
Post by: silhillvilla on October 28, 2012, 03:26:07 PM: Can't see any cheap trains, may have to drive.
Title: Re: Trains to Sunderland
Post by: villajk on October 28, 2012, 03:49:03 PM: Quote from: silhillvilla on October 28, 2012, 03:26:07 PM
Can't see any cheap trains, may have to drive.

What about going by coach?
Title: Re: Trains to Sunderland
Post by: silhillvilla on October 29, 2012, 04:37:20 PM: Never really fancied the coach options tbh. Decided we're not going anyway now, really cannot muster up the effort or justify the cost. Will head up Rococo to watch.
Title: Re: Trains to Sunderland
Post by: exiled on the wirral! on October 29, 2012, 06:50:29 PM: A day return to fulham last week from Chester booked in advance cost me £36 and that was with an all day tube pass

A day return to Sunderland from Chester booked in advanced would have cost me nearly £90! Never understood the pricing of trains in this country for some reason it costs a fortune to travel by train to the North East! Must be the price you have to pat to visit the"hotbed of football"
Title: Re: Trains to Sunderland
Post by: TopDeck113 on October 29, 2012, 06:57:36 PM: Quote from: exiled on the wirral! on October 29, 2012, 06:50:29 PM
Never understood the pricing of trains in this country for some reason it costs a fortune to travel by train to the North East!

I agree.

A few summers ago I walked Hadrian's Wall.

To get there: single Manchester to Newcastle £50

To get back: single Carlisle to Manchester £15.

Go figure
Title: Re: Trains to Sunderland
Post by: joe_c on October 30, 2012, 12:06:51 AM: For future reference, and a hat tip to villajk for alerting me to this in the first place, if it's possible to break your journey up and get day returns on stops along the way, you might find a way of getting there cheaper. Sunderland might be a bit of a long haul for it to be practical but if you look at getting tiickets between Birmingham/Derby, Derby/Sheffield, Sheffield/York, York/Durham, Durham/Sunderland or something like that, it might be doable. Try plotting the route on a spreadsheet to explore all variables and options.
Title: Re: Trains to Sunderland
Post by: dave.woodhall on October 30, 2012, 12:09:44 AM: I saved about £20 a couple of years ago by getting tickets for Birmingham-Derby, Derby-York and York-Durham. The vagaries of rail pricing are beyond comprehension.
Title: Re: Trains to Sunderland
Post by: silhillvilla on October 31, 2012, 01:29:38 PM: The cheapest way I found was
New St - York
York - Durham
Durham - Sunderland
Came in at about £70 and a very early start and late getting home
If we were winning games yes
Title: Re: Trains to Sunderland
Post by: lennythekad on October 31, 2012, 03:05:39 PM: You'll be lucky to find any bargains at any time if the service is run by Cross Country Trains, which is roughly West Country to North East via New St.
Title: Re: Trains to Sunderland
Post by: SoccerHQ on November 02, 2012, 10:00:03 PM: I randomly went to Sheff U-Pompey on Monday night and managed to get there for 20 quid by splitting at Derby (I do have a railcard though) so as others have said for future that's probably the best option.
Title: Re: Trains to Sunderland
Post by: ronshirt on November 03, 2012, 12:27:19 PM: www.railforums.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=105

The good people here seem to be able to track down the cheapest deals.