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Blackburn away 3/8/19 advanced purchase train tickets

ElfsborgAddickElfsborgAddick
in Match Day Travel
This one is going to be expensive.

At present you can travel from Euston for £53 return, but there are very few trains/tickets available at this price.  Prices then shoot up to around £75 return.  Both fares are before any railcard discounts.

The trains change at Preston, the travelling time is not too bad averaging at 3 1/2 hours.

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    ElfsborgAddickElfsborgAddick
    Aside from what I have posted above, there is a bit of faffing around but you can get tickets a lot cheaper by splitting your ticket.

    I'll give an example:-

    London to Wolverhampton return.  Then Wolverhampton to Blackburn return.  You can buy separate tickets for these journeys(obviously making sure you are booking for the same train you are 'joining' at Wolverhampton that has just arrived there).  Hopefully that makes sense.
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    CharltonparklaneCharltonparklane
    That's half a cheap season ticket time you add your match ticket.



    Joking of course. 


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    clb74clb74
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Aside from what I have posted above, there is a bit of faffing around but you can get tickets a lot cheaper by splitting your ticket.

    I'll give an example:-

    London to Wolverhampton return.  Then Wolverhampton to Blackburn return.  You can buy separate tickets for these journeys(obviously making sure you are booking for the same train you are 'joining' at Wolverhampton that has just arrived there).  Hopefully that makes sense.
    Hows this cheaper.
    Wheres clive to do it properly 
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    ElfsborgAddickElfsborgAddick
    clb74 said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Aside from what I have posted above, there is a bit of faffing around but you can get tickets a lot cheaper by splitting your ticket.

    I'll give an example:-

    London to Wolverhampton return.  Then Wolverhampton to Blackburn return.  You can buy separate tickets for these journeys(obviously making sure you are booking for the same train you are 'joining' at Wolverhampton that has just arrived there).  Hopefully that makes sense.
    Hows this cheaper.
    Wheres clive to do it properly 
    @roseandcrown will vouch for this method, we did this for Rochdale away last season.  Well, he went to Rochdale.
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    roseandcrownroseandcrown
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    clb74 said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Aside from what I have posted above, there is a bit of faffing around but you can get tickets a lot cheaper by splitting your ticket.

    I'll give an example:-

    London to Wolverhampton return.  Then Wolverhampton to Blackburn return.  You can buy separate tickets for these journeys(obviously making sure you are booking for the same train you are 'joining' at Wolverhampton that has just arrived there).  Hopefully that makes sense.
    Hows this cheaper.
    Wheres clive to do it properly 
    @roseandcrown will vouch for this method, we did this for Rochdale away last season.  Well, he went to Rochdale.
    Yeah was ok going not sure about coming back 
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    cliveclive
    Alternative route via Manchester Piccadilly & Bolton £26 [£17.15] each direction journey time 3hrs 30mins approx.
    Railcard fare in brackets.
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    letthegoodtimesrollletthegoodtimesroll
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    This one is going to be expensive.

    At present you can travel from Euston for £53 return, but there are very few trains/tickets available at this price.  Prices then shoot up to around £75 return.  Both fares are before any railcard discounts.

    The trains change at Preston, the travelling time is not too bad averaging at 3 1/2 hours.
    There seems to be a train at 9.30 that gets to Preston about 7 minutes before a train to Blackburn with a total journey time including the 7 minute wait of around two and a half hours so in the pub at 12ish which if true seems a reasonable journey time. 

    Quicker than flying from Gatwick to John Lennon airport, waiting half an hour for somebody to find some steps and getting a coach from there...
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    roseandcrownroseandcrown
    clive said:
    Alternative route via Manchester Piccadilly & Bolton £26 [£17.15] each direction journey time 3hrs 30mins approx.
    Railcard fare in brackets.
    Cheers clive just booked this up 

    9am out 

    18.18 back 

    take it our friends at northern are not going to be playing strike 
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    theeenorththeeenorth
    There so excited we're their first game....not.
    And they've already penciled in the 3 points, mystified how BFG could go to Nob End rather than themselves. 
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    cliveclive
    roseandcrown said:
    clive said:
    Alternative route via Manchester Piccadilly & Bolton £26 [£17.15] each direction journey time 3hrs 30mins approx.
    Railcard fare in brackets.
    Cheers clive just booked this up 

    9am out 

    18.18 back 

    take it our friends at northern are not going to be playing strike 
    The Northern Rail dispute was settled a couple of months ago,so hopefully there shouldn't be any problems.
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    palarsehaterpalarsehater
    @clive when roughly should cheap tickets for Wigan go on sale cheers ph
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    cliveclive
    palarsehater said:
    @clive when roughly should cheap tickets for Wigan go on sale cheers ph
    I would guess in a week or two.
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    ElfsborgAddickElfsborgAddick
    roseandcrown said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    clb74 said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Aside from what I have posted above, there is a bit of faffing around but you can get tickets a lot cheaper by splitting your ticket.

    I'll give an example:-

    London to Wolverhampton return.  Then Wolverhampton to Blackburn return.  You can buy separate tickets for these journeys(obviously making sure you are booking for the same train you are 'joining' at Wolverhampton that has just arrived there).  Hopefully that makes sense.
    Hows this cheaper.
    Wheres clive to do it properly 
    @roseandcrown will vouch for this method, we did this for Rochdale away last season.  Well, he went to Rochdale.
    Yeah was ok going not sure about coming back 
    congratulations @roseandcrown the season has not started and I think you win the 'Low blow of the season' prize.
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    ElfsborgAddickElfsborgAddick
    The Ewood Club is opposite the main entrance, they allow away fans in, generally as long as you do not wear colours.
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    se9addickse9addick
    £33 return with rail card, staying over on the Saturday night in Manchester to celebrate the first match of the season!  
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    ElfsborgAddickElfsborgAddick
    se9addick said:
    £33 return with rail card, staying over on the Saturday night in Manchester to celebrate the first match of the season!  
    The WashHouse in Manchester is different.
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    CroydonCroydon
    edited June 2019
    clive said:
    Alternative route via Manchester Piccadilly & Bolton £26 [£17.15] each direction journey time 3hrs 30mins approx.
    Railcard fare in brackets.
    @clive how are you booking this? Can't seem to get it to work
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    se9addickse9addick
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    se9addick said:
    £33 return with rail card, staying over on the Saturday night in Manchester to celebrate the first match of the season!  
    The WashHouse in Manchester is different.
    Just googled it, looks mad! 
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    CroydonCroydon
    Croydon said:
    clive said:
    Alternative route via Manchester Piccadilly & Bolton £26 [£17.15] each direction journey time 3hrs 30mins approx.
    Railcard fare in brackets.
    @clive how are you booking this? Can't seem to get it to work
    Ignore that, found it!
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    ElfsborgAddickElfsborgAddick
    se9addick said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    se9addick said:
    £33 return with rail card, staying over on the Saturday night in Manchester to celebrate the first match of the season!  
    The WashHouse in Manchester is different.
    Just googled it, looks mad! 
    If you do go, pm me some pics please.

    I'm looking to do Altrincham sometime in the season and looking to tick this boozer off.  As you say, it does look mad.
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    AddickFC81AddickFC81
    clive said:
    roseandcrown said:
    clive said:
    Alternative route via Manchester Piccadilly & Bolton £26 [£17.15] each direction journey time 3hrs 30mins approx.
    Railcard fare in brackets.
    Cheers clive just booked this up 

    9am out 

    18.18 back 

    take it our friends at northern are not going to be playing strike 
    The Northern Rail dispute was settled a couple of months ago,so hopefully there shouldn't be any problems.
    Touch Wood!
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    CroydonCroydon
    Just got mine. I’m forever baffled by how expensive train travel is in this country, especially to travel to such unappealing places.
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    clb74clb74
    Croydon said:
    Just got mine. I’m forever baffled by how expensive train travel is in this country, especially to travel to such unappealing places.
    £34  with a railcard
    Barnsley  £24 with railcard 
    Not too bad
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    cliveclive
    The cheapest advance tickets now remaining are £33.00 [£21.80] on the 08.00 from Euston arriving Blackburn 11.32 via Manchester Piccadilly & Bolton.
    For the return journey £37.00 [£24.40] on 18.18 from Blackburn arriving Euston 22.01via Bolton & Manchester Piccadilly or £33.00 [£21.80] on the 18.21 from Blackburn arriving Euston 22.44 via Preston.
    Railcard fares in brackets.
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