Christmas Train Tickets
The Cost of Train Tickets to Travel Home For Christmas
One of the most common times that peopl in the UK think that travelling by train is during the Christmas period when they have a long way to travel. The following train ticket costs show the price of an open return between two locations and also the total cost per mile.
In some cases travelling home by train for Christamas far cheaper (especially if you have an expensive car), but sometimes it can end up costing you more, especially if you include bus or taxi rides at the other end, and of course during the festive season these may not be running. The train ticket price also vary a great deal depending on whether you pre-book (on the internet), or just turn up on the day. With petrol prices increasing, pre-booked Christmas train tickets are almost always cheaper than travelling by car!
All train travel prices are for open return tickets and the milage stated is the distance a car would have to travel from one town/city centre to the other and back again. If you are worried about train availabilty over the Christmas season then use the online form to check train times and prices before booking.
| Location of First Train Station | Location of Second Train station | Pre-booked Train Ticket price | Standard Open Return | Train distance (miles) | Train Cost per mile | |
| London | Newcastle | £19.50 | £55 | 350 | 5.5p/16p | |
| Stevenage | Hartleppol | £27 | £55 | 448 | 6p/12p | |
| Edinburgh | Glasgow | £11 | £11 | 94 | 11p | |
| Cardiff | Brighton | £55 | £130 | 396 | 13p/32p | |
| Lands End (Tenby) | Jon-o-Groats (Thurso) | £167 | £269 | 1348 | 12p/20p |
Train Travelling Over Christmas
As you can see taking the train costs around 10-30p per mile, and you will make huge savings by pre-booking online, something which is easy to do if you are booking to go home for Christmas. The cost of car travel is probably around 20-40p per mile in total, so there is the potential for making some savings when travelling by train. And of course train travel does have other benefits.
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