trains from glasgow to reading...

rdizzle · 16 Jun 2007 at 13:55

im travelling to reading from glasgow in august and was wondering what train service you all would reccommend i used. virgin trains seem to charge around £70 for a return ticket....is that the cheapest im going to get?? cheers all

squawkBOX · 16 Jun 2007 at 14:04

Don't buy a return ticket, buy singles. Single from Reading to London, then a single from London to Glasgow central. Try it out and you'll find its much cheaper than buying a return.

EDIT:

Cheap day single from Reading to London: £12ish then the singles start around £15ish each way, if you've got a YP card you get 1/3 off some tickets.

Hugogo · 16 Jun 2007 at 14:04

As far as i know they all use the same system. Fiddle with times and dates. Also look into splitting the journey into lots of singles.

Will_3rd · 16 Jun 2007 at 14:04

try the Trainline website

Eriedor · 16 Jun 2007 at 14:09

squawkBOX said:
Don't buy a return ticket, buy singles. Single from Reading to London, then a single from London to Glasgow central. Try it out and you'll find its much cheaper than buying a return.

EDIT:

Cheap day single from Reading to London: £12ish then the singles start around £15ish each way, if you've got a YP card you get 1/3 off some tickets.

Hmm thats strange, when i travel from cornwall to reading a return ticket is about £1 more than a single.

Old Wino · 16 Jun 2007 at 14:14

Hugogo · 16 Jun 2007 at 14:43

Old Wino said:
Fly instead, then get a railair coach from Heathrow, wouldn't cost much more

Surely the idea is to make it cheaper?

Vonhelmet · 16 Jun 2007 at 14:53

It'll almost certainly be Virgin, as they run the west coast main line pretty much exclusively.