Millions of train tickets to be discounted next week – what you need to know
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It marks the 200th anniversary of the world’s first passenger train service. Millions of train tickets will be discounted from next week in a sale announced by THe Department for Transport (DfT). More than two million train tickets will be on offer during the promotion.
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Cheaper Advance and Off-Peak tickets will be available to buy in the rail sale between January 14 and 20. They will be sold for travel across Britain between January 17 and the end of March. Sale tickets will be available on a limited basis. The only operators in Britain not participating in the sale are Hull Trains, Lumo and Merseyrail.
Examples of price reductions on typical Advance fares include:. – From London to Newcastle down from £52.10 to £23.60. – From Nottingham to Manchester down from £18.50 to £9.20. – From Glasgow to Inverness down from £28.10 to £14.10. The DfT said passengers saved around £5.8 million during a similar scheme a year ago, when more than 600,000 tickets were sold.
This was worth £5.1 million in fares revenue and resulted in “an extra 440,000 journeys taken by train”, according to the department. The DfT added that it “tasked the rail industry to deliver an even bigger sale” for 2025. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said: “I’m launching the biggest ever rail sale so more passengers can get big discounts on train tickets to visit destinations across the country.
