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Old Feb 26th, 2007 | 10:37 AM
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Cheap train fares in England

We plan to take the train from York to London on a Friday in June. When I look at a date three months from today, I see all sorts of inexpensive fares, but none of them are available. Is there some sort of trick or a special site at which to get these fares? Do you have to buy the ticket just after midnight British time on the first day these tickets are available?
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Old Feb 26th, 2007 | 10:42 AM
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Cheap fares aren't normally loaded onto website until about a month before. As you are travelling on Friday, a peak travel time, the cheapest fares may not be available.
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Old Feb 26th, 2007 | 10:56 AM
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so to get a sample just put a friday into the site for say a month out and see what is available.
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Old Feb 26th, 2007 | 11:48 AM
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For Fridays try between 4 & 6 weeks. I'd also try to go in the morning as Friday afternoons tend to get booked up very quickly
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Old Feb 26th, 2007 | 11:49 AM
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I wonder if cheap tickets to Edinburgh, where many of these trains end up are more available at about the same price and you just get off in York?
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