Wrexham/Shropshire to Banbury

"Gary" <gary.sawyer@> wrote in message
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> I've been trying to book from Wrexham to Banbury on the Wrexham/
> Shropshire website but apparently it only accepts bookings from
> Wrexham straight to London. Is this the usual? Also when I try booking
> on the trainline there only seem to be Standard & First Open tickets -
> no Savers. Can anyone shed any light?

WSMR refer you to 'National Rail' fares (Raileasy+commision?) for anything
other than a WSMR operator specific ticket to/from London, which makes sense
if you assume they are not trying to compete with Chiltern, so only normal
interavailable/any operator tickets will be available to/from Banbury,
although there seems no real reason why WSMR don't sell them directly
AFAICS.

The NR OJP does show normal 'any operator' Saver returns at £42.60 from
Wrexham - Banbury though - did you definitely ask for a return journey on
trainline?
As usual the OJP will by default probably not show any WSMR services as
combinations of other operators will always be quicker.

HTH
Paul

Hi Paul

No I asked for a single as I only need one-way......is there any
reason Saver singles wouldn't be offered?

Gary.

On 7 Aug, 18:42, "Paul Scott" <notvalidpmsc...@> wrote:
> "Gary" <gary.saw...@> wrote in message
>
> news:99b535ce-8862-4830-a98c-986e25af5d11@a70g2000hsh..com...
>
> > I've been trying to book from Wrexham to Banbury on the Wrexham/
> > Shropshire website but apparently it only accepts bookings from
> > Wrexham straight to London. Is this the usual? Also when I try booking
> > on the trainline there only seem to be Standard & First Open tickets -
> > no Savers. Can anyone shed any light?
>
> WSMR refer you to 'National Rail' fares (Raileasy+commision?) for anything
> other than a WSMR operator specific ticket to/from London, which makes sense
> if you assume they are not trying to compete with Chiltern, so only normal
> interavailable/any operator tickets will be available to/from Banbury,
> although there seems no real reason why WSMR don't sell them directly
> AFAICS.
>
> The NR OJP does show normal 'any operator' Saver returns at 42.60 from
> Wrexham - Banbury though - did you definitely ask for a return journey on
> trainline?
> As usual the OJP will by default probably not show any WSMR services as
> combinations of other operators will always be quicker.
>
> HTH
> Paul

"Gary" <gary.sawyer@> wrote in message
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>
> Hi Paul
>
> No I asked for a single as I only need one-way......is there any
> reason Saver singles wouldn't be offered?
>

I thought Saver singles (or should that be Saver half returns) only came up
as part of a return journey for use when an 'Advance' was not available both
ways? However they are now only sold by Virgin WC, as Arriva XC stopped
back in May this year?

Paul

WSMR do sell tickets on the train. From Wrexham, you shouldn't have any
problem with seating on the day- and you know all of the cash goes directly
to WSMR.. See the conductor, you will find they are very helpful..

Really? Now that I did not know!

On 7 Aug, 18:55, "Paul Scott" <notvalidpmsc...@> wrote:

> I thought Saver singles (or should that be Saver half returns) only came up
> as part of a return journey for use when an 'Advance' was not available both
> ways? However they are now only sold by Virgin WC, as Arriva XC stopped
> back in May this year?
>
> Paul

Gary wrote:
> To be honest, it's looking as if it may be cheaper to buy an advance
> WSMR-only ticket to London via their website than buy a Banbury
> ticket!
>
Except "terminating short" is not permitted on an Advance ticket under
the new rules that came in back in May, though why WSMR haven't put
Advance fares in for intermediate journeys remains to be seen.

Interestingly (or not), the National Express East Coast site will quite
happily offer the WSMR specific tickets, but the Chiltern branded
trainline.com won't, and the main RailEasy site won't show the WSMR
services as direct trains.

Cheers,

Barry