LNER has kicked off a big shake-up of its ticketing system and, if you’re planning a one-way train journey anytime soon, you’re in luck. Will tickets still cost an arm and a leg? Well, they’re still not super cheap, but in today’s climate we’ll take what we can get.
The train line, which runs journeys out of London along the East Coast mainline, has announced that it is scrapping return tickets altogether and making single tickets half the price of a return journey.
Right now, many return fares are only £1 more than a single ticket which means that passengers are often unable to save money if cheaper advance single tickets are only available for one part of their journey.
Confused? Let’s break it down for a second. During trials of the new system in 2020, a trip from London to Edinburgh cost £146.40 for a super off-peak single or £147.40 for a super off-peak return. However, under single-leg pricing, the cost of a single ticket halved to £73.70.
The change means that it will be far easier for travellers to mix and match single tickets to figure out the cheapest deal for their journey.
If you’re looking for even more of a bargain, Avanti West Coast also recently announced a ‘superfare’ scheme, which sees ticket prices starting from just £20.
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