Mrs Redboots wrote:
Go to www.nationalrail.com or www.thetrainline.com and check fares
there. ITYF that it is very far from absurd. Say I wanted to travel
to
York to see my daughter - if I was able to book a week in advance, I
might be able to travel for as little as £37.50 - a standard open
return
is £144.00.

Or a saver for £69


Regardless,
what "cheap tickets" can you pick up by going to the station the
previous
day or a few hours in advance? Why would you spend an hour goign to
the
station and back just to buy tickets?

To save over £100 I would - wouldn't you????

Assuming you were off to see your daughter you could well be flexible
enough to travel off peak and go for £69 walk up fare in which case
it's less of a saving but still a decent saving.

For more local journeys it wouldn't be quite so much of a saving
(probably less than the tube fare to the nearest railway station which
is able / willing to sell a super advance)