Hello all,
We will be traveling form London to Scotland via train. I have never done this before. I was looking online to buy tickets and they advertise cheap ones, but when I dome research it is over 100.00 per ticket. Does anyone know anything about this? Also how far in advance should I make the reservations?
Thanks
Posted by
Royaume-Uni nul points, pas plus
2600 posts
You can get an idea of when the cheap Advance tickets are available by looking at this web page
https://www.lner.co.uk/travel-information/travelling-later/early-bird-ticket-alerts/
we can give you better advice if you tell us your dates and where in Scotland you are going
Posted by
Lake District, England
8134 posts
You are looking too far out. Cheap (Advance tickets) on a weekday are only available 12 weeks before travel, or 8 weeks on a weekend.
If you travel on Avanti from London Euston to Glasgow (Hourly) or Edinburgh (every two hours) there is widespread availability for £35.
If you travel from Kings Cross to Edinburgh there are two operators. Lumo (run 4 trains a day from around £34), or LNER (run half hourly), fares between £45 and £60.
As it happens at the moment Lumo are open close to 6 months ahead and LNER about 17 weeks.
Both routes have their advantages and dis-advantages. It doesn't ultimately matter which you take if you are going direct to Scotland and not getting off in between.
There is also a night train from London Euston (not on Saturday night), run by Caledonian Sleeper- depending on what cabin you book that can be between £120 and almost £300. But you are saving on a night's hotel, so that is not (quite) as expensive as it sounds.