Mumsnet users hare with Trainline their top tips for travelling by train

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Travelling on the train with your family for a day out, especially if you have little ones, can feel like a daunting experience, but it doesn’t have to be; the train journey can be an exciting part of the day out adventure for you and your DC’s and not just a way to get there. To help make sure this is the case for you and your family, Trainline would like you to share your top tips for travelling by train on family days out.

Here’s what Trainline have to say: “We’re always trying to make travel simple, giving our customers information they can count on. And planning a day out with the kids is one scenario where the simpler and more predictable the better. As it’s winter we’ve been thinking about the best ways to get out the house for some fresh air, without breaking your budget. We’ve come up with some “wild” train trips to zoos and animal parks across the UK which are perfect for letting off some steam (for you and your DC’s!).”

Do you research the stations that are on your journey beforehand so you can tell your DC’s fun facts about them? Do you use mobile tickets? Perhaps you pack a great picnic full of their favourite foods to keep everyone happy? Maybe you pack fun, entertaining games to play on the journey? Or do you keep them distracted by talking about all the things you’re going to get up to you on your day out?

Whatever your top tips are, please share them on the thread below to be entered into a prize draw where on MNer will win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck
MNHQ

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My top tip is to always reserve a window seat where you can so the kids can look out and see where they going. No kid wants the aisle seat!!

Also, walk up and down the train, that can easily waste half an hour and you will more than likely get chatting to people as you go! xx

Pack plenty of activities and a travel pillow for the journey back

We take some drinks, snacks, colouring books and hand wipes that seems to do us just fine, Oh and Kindle for me :D

Plan your day, everything from food to weather. Take plenty of food/drink as it can get very expensive buying food and drink on the go. Also the good old English weather is so very unpredictable so plan what you will do in the event that the weather changes or it's not as good when you get there than you thought it would be. Raincoats are a must too, those packable ones are superb as they take up so little space too.

Congratulations to @BothersomeCrow for winning the £300 voucher!