Rail travel to Weymouth

   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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deadrock Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 24 Jun 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 85	Post Options Post Reply Quote deadrock Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Rail travel to Weymouth 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?

tgruitt Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 02 Dec 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2479	Post Options Post Reply Quote tgruitt Report Post Quote Reply 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
	Needs to sail more...

deadrock Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 24 Jun 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 85	Post Options Post Reply Quote deadrock Report Post Quote Reply 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.

alstorer Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899	Post Options Post Reply Quote alstorer Report Post Quote Reply 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...)
	-_ Al