Virgin East Coast Tickets

[ScotsRik]

Train ticket sale now open for the day of the game if it is any good to anyone - I think they opened yesterday.

Can make a big difference getting in fairly early - return tickets won't be available for a while as the six months only applies to weekday travel.

[Langtonian]

Return train is available to book via trainline

 

£103 return,down the day before the game,back day after the game

Edited May 28, 2016 by Langtonian

[scottincarlisle]

12 weeks before is when you can get the real cheap advance singles. 

[ScotsRik]

Not any more - they are open six months ahead now.....the weekends are still 12 weeks'ish. If that's what you mean, then excuse me!!

That is if the journey is London and North of York. So the Friday one is open and the Saturday one isn't (on Virgin anyway).....although you can get full fare tickets as mentioned by Langtonian. Early birds can get Edi-Lon return for £50 minimum.

[Graham of Montrose]

Outward journey booked today.

Aberdeen to Kings X, £47 single.

[tramsnpandas]

Bookings for 3-9 people get 25% discount on virgin website

Booked 1st class Edinburgh to London  £39.60 ??

[ScotsRik]

17 hours ago, tramsnpandas said:

Bookings for 3-9 people get 25% discount on virgin website

Booked 1st class Edinburgh to London  £39.60 ??

Good move - free drinks and meal included!!

[FANDABBYDOZZY]

booked for 30 folk £40 return each

[Mcstu]

9 hours ago, FANDABBYDOZZY said:

booked for 30 folk £40 return each

Where did you get these prices mate I can only find cheep ones up to August 

[FANDABBYDOZZY]

2 hours ago, Mcstu said:

Where did you get these prices mate I can only find cheep ones up to August 

somebody contacted Virgin Trains months n months ago about a block booking,they came back with a choice of train times & a price.

My job was to stick it on my credit card

[Mcstu]

Cheers

Will try that

[Squirrelhumper]

Anyone know when cheap ones from Glasgow-London go on sale?

[scottincarlisle]

On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 0:23 PM, Squirrelhumper said:

Anyone know when cheap ones from Glasgow-London go on sale?

Advance singles usually 12 weeks in advance.

[Guest flumax]

Posh seats from Aberdeen 0752. Looking forward to a g&t from lunch time. 

[McDange]

3 booked on the 0800 from Waverley to King's Cross. FIrst class on the way back to help nurse the hangover. £98. 

[Langtonian]

Here's hoping there's nae cancellation of trains like the last time leaving the option trying to get on the next overcrowded train or of a bus to Carlisle then train 

[caledonian1]

On 4 July 2016 at 10:32 PM, flumax said:

Posh seats from Aberdeen 0752. Looking forward to a g&t from lunch time. 

I am also booked first class on the 0752 - tried to get the earlier one but no seats left.  Only 7 hours to London which is pretty good and probably similar to a flight once you add travel to airport waiting taxiing, travel into London etc. 

[deecie]

8 minutes ago, caledonian1 said:

I am also booked first class on the 0752 - tried to get the earlier one but no seats left.  Only 7 hours to London which is pretty good and probably similar to a flight once you add travel to airport waiting taxiing, travel into London etc. 

Maybe if you're flying from New York.

[caledonian1]

2 minutes ago, deecie said:

Maybe if you're flying from New York.

Not a lot in it really. 8am flight probably leave the house at back of 6am. Land in London at 9:30 and possibly make  central London by 11am assuming no delays. So quite likely 5 hours at least. Would find 7 hours in first class a far less stressful journey

[deecie]

Maybe if you lived in one train station and your hotel was in the other.

Flying you can make it door-to-door in 4 hours, which is comparable to the train from the central belt, but not from Aberdeen.