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Extra money saving tips

Book in advance

One of the easiest ways of saving money on train tickets is to book as early as possible. Train tickets are usually available to book up to 12 weeks ahead and when you book this far in advance, you’ll pay a much cheaper price than if you waited just a couple of days before you wanted to travel before you booked. Since there are only a small number of discounted advance tickets available, you’ll need to be quick if you want to pay the cheapest prices.

Buy a Railcard

Another great way of saving some extra cash is to buy a Railcard instead of ordinary tickets. By travelling with a Railcard, you’ll save on average 33% on adult fares, 34% on family fares and 60% on child fares, although first class travel is not always included. Heavily discounted Senior Railcards for people aged 65+ are also available, as well as 16-25 Railcards for students.

Buy Carnets

If you regularly make the same journey but don’t travel every single day, you could save some serious cash by buying Carnets in place of standard tickets. Carnets provide excellent value for money, although not many people seem to be aware of them. These Carnets essentially give you one or more journeys for free when you buy a chunk of them together, such as ten train journeys for the price of nine or six journeys for the price of five. Carnets are usually valid for up to six months, so make sure you’ll definitely get to use up all your journeys during the six-month period you buy one.

Buy Groupsave tickets

When you travel in a small group, you’re best off buying Groupsave tickets. These tickets are available on most routes for three or four travellers and work out much cheaper than buying ordinary tickets as if you were travelling separately.

Split your ticket

If you’re travelling over a large distance, splitting your ticket can save you a huge chunk of money. Splitting your ticket means inside of buying a direct ticket from London to Edinburg, you split your ticket up into three – London to Preston, Preston to Carlisle then Carlisle to Edinburg. Buying tickets for several smaller journeys usually works out much cheaper than paying for one long journey. However, the major downfall of booking your tickets this way is that you need to be on each train at a specific time. If your first train is late and makes you miss your second train, you’ll need to buy new tickets for all your following journeys.

Be flexible with times

If you’re not travelling on the train for work, it will definitely pay to be flexible with your journey times and avoid travelling during peak times – between 6.30am and 9.30am and again between 3:30pm and 6:30pm. Not only will avoiding these times help you save cash, but you’ll also enjoy your journey a lot more since the train will be much less crowded.