£29.30 for a single journey from London Waterloo?? And it’s £5 for a single from Eastbourne back to London Victoria?? Why’s Winchester soooo much more expensive? 😡

That’s odd – I’ve been doing Farnborough – Winchester a bit lately and that#s 12.60 return. Just checked on-line it’s 13.70 from Waterloo to Farnboro, so that’s 3 quid off for buying two tickets instead of 1. Just need to make sure your train stops at Farnborough.

must be to do with the quality of the winchester kebab house under the station.

what time where you / do you intend to travel? that sounds like a commuter fare to me.

heading off at around 6am from Waterloo? Doesn’t seem to matter what time I look at, the cheapest ‘single’ ticket is an ‘anytime day single’, seems weird it’s not giving me the option to book a specific time/train at a discounted rate (you normally can can’t you?)

To keep the riff-raff out?

They’re obviously trying to stop you from hurting yourself on that ridiculous plan of yours… 🙄

heading off at around 6am from Waterloo? Doesn’t seem to matter what time I look at, the cheapest ‘single’ ticket is an ‘anytime day single’, seems weird it’s not giving me the option to book a specific time/train at a discounted rate (you normally can can’t you?

welcome to the world of South West Trains…

can I get to Winchester from another London station?

welcome to the world of South West Trains…

+1 – It’s around £27 from Andover at commuter time, so 29 sounds about right to me.

EDIT: Well, it’s clearly not right, but you know what I mean..

can I get to Winchester from another London station?

not in any sensible manner..

Paddington > Reading > Winchester (Reading to Winchester bit via Cross County Trains)

not sensible though

when I did the SDW, the winchester direct line was shut, so I had to go via portsmouth… real ball ache, so I wouldn’t recommend it.

Dave

must be to do with the quality of the winchester kebab house under the station.

Thats where I took my missus for our first date. Went all upper class on her and bought Chicken kebabs – score 🙂

so… £29.30 is as cheap as I’ll get then? I’m not missing some way of getting a cheaper deal perchance?

16-24 railcard?

Maybe try megabus site train to southampton then buy a southampton to winchester ticket.

so… £29.30 is as cheap as I’ll get then

No, as in the 2nd post if you split the ticket so get Waterloo-Farnborough/Basingstoke then Farnborough/Basingstoke-Winchester you’ll save yourself the cost of a post-ride pint. The only rule with split ticketing is that the train your on has to stop at the split station but I think everything will stop at either Farnborough or Amazingstoke so just pick the right one.