Olympic Sailing: Rail travel to Weymouth

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Rail travel to Weymouth

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Topic: Rail travel to Weymouth

Posted By: deadrock
Subject: Rail travel to Weymouth
Date Posted: 08 Jul 11 at 2:11pm

Has anyone else tried to look at booking rail travel to Weymouth for August 6th 2012? I've tried on the official site ( http://www.nationalrailgamestravel.co.uk ), and the earliest train for which I can book a valid ticket starts at Reading at 0930 (i.e. the Peak Travel time). It gets in to Weymouth after midday, after the scheduled start-time. Seems you can only book an Olympic ticket for off-peak travel.

Any ideas?

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Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 08 Jul 11 at 4:49pm

Look on www.thetrainline.com , you can get a single from Reading to Weymouth for £11.50 leaving at 0746

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Posted By: deadrock
Date Posted: 08 Jul 11 at 11:42pm

Yes, but not for August 2012. These tickets are for the Olympic venue for those with tickets; thetrainline can only book a couple of months ahead. I have been talking with the national rail people, and there does seem to be a problem, which they're addressing now.

Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 11 Jul 11 at 11:43am

Whilst we're mentioning booking sites, for stuff other than Olympic tickets, don't use thetrainline.com, use a site belonging to an operator instead- that way you'll avoid booking fees and often postage fees. If you use the main operator you'll travel with (for instance, South West Trains) you'll also often find they have special promotions (for instance, East Coast give a 10% discount on even the cheap fares through their site for their trains).

(yes, I use trains a lot...)

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