I have been working on a trip my son and I are planning late May and am trying to figure out the best way to get from York to Edinburgh. Nationalrail.co.uk is quoting me somewhere around £190 right now for two tickets. We are traveling on May 25th. Surely I’m not looking in the right place?
Posted by
Oxford, United Kingdom
5466 posts
Advance tickets on the weekend have not been released for 25 May yet. You will need to be very quick on booking when they are since it is a bank holiday weekend. Sign up for alerts at https://www.lner.co.uk/travel-information/early-bird-ticket-alerts/
Posted by
Tunbridge Wells
6113 posts
Tickets go on sale about 11 weeks in advance, so you are a week or so too early. I did a dummy booking for a Saturday 2 weeks earlier and single fares start at £28 pp.
Posted by
Royaume-Uni nul points, pas plus
2600 posts
To misquote Eric Morecambe you're looking in the right place but not necessarily at the right time (a reference only Brits and Anglophiles will understand).
The cheaper Advance tickets are only on sale up to 24 May; later dates are yet to be released.
Visit the website of one train operating companies, scroll down and on bottom right you will see confirmation of available tickets. Wait, perhaps a week.
Posted by
OP
Wichita, Kansas
2 posts
Very nice, thank you all so much! I’m all signed up to get an alert when the tickets are available.