Train to London

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I’m taking my DC to London for 2 days during the Easter holidays and trying to book train travel. I’m after some reassurance that my plan will work.

It is £105 return for us to travel one morning and back the following evening, this is just rail tickets and does not include underground. However if we were going for the day we could get a family day saver which includes zones 1-6 underground and bus travel as well as the rail tickets which is £40. Could I potentially get 2 days savers from our town to London for each day of our trip and not use the outbound portion on the second day (or the return on the first day)? They’d still be day dated tickets.

Get a Friends and family Railcard. Pays for itself in one trip!

Yes, you could just not use the parts of the journey you don’t need.

How old are your children? One child age 10 or under could travel with you on the underground on your ticket all day. You just tap your bank card in and out and it caps the charge for the day depending on which zones you’re in.

Have you checked which zones you need? You might only need 1-2 if you’re around central London?

tfl.gov.uk/fares/find-fares/tube-and-rail-fares#on-this-page-1

We went from King’s Cross to wemberly park and it cost £2.25

Thank you.

DC are 6 and 8. I will probably only need zones 1-6 but the return fare to my hometown is more than £20 the price of 2 day returns including all zones. I think the railcard may be the answer, thank you @BornSandyDevotional