Cheap train travel can be booked, on line or by telephone, up to 45 days in advance and until 3a.m. on the day of travel. Passengers travel in normal, standard class train seats on regularly scheduled train services operated by either South West Trains or East Midlands Trains.
So What's The Catch?
- Limited schedule Such cheap train travel is only possible because the train operators partnering with Megatrain have surplus capacity on some lightly traveled services or routes. So the Megatrain cheap train fares may only be offered on one or two trains per day on the selected routes. You may have to travel very early - or late, or at a time you would not ordinarily have chosen, to get the cheap fare.
- You have to stick with your chosen destination On a normal train service, you can get off the train before your stop or, by paying an excess fare, stay on a bit longer. Not with Megatrain. Because of the way these cheap train fares are handled at the station, you must leave the train at the booked stop. If you get off sooner, your ticket will be considered an unpaid fare.
- Fares are hard to find Some fares are really as low as £1 and some may be £15 or £20. The trouble is, you have to start the booking process, by selecting your journey, to find out. The good news is, whatever the fare, it will be an enormous saving compared to standard available fares.
Where Does Megatrain Go?
- Megatrain runs cheap train services on South West Trains from London Waterloo to Bath, Bournemouth, Bristol, Exeter,Salisbury, Southampton, Portsmouth, Weymouth and Yeovil.
- Cheap trains operated with East Midlands Trains, from January 2008, go from London St. Pancras to Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Chesterfield, Sheffield and Loughboro.
