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Explore our UK train travel guides for practical advice on planning journeys, finding cheaper train tickets and choosing the right ticket type. Discover station guides, accessible travel advice, destination inspiration and ideas for days out by train across Britain.

29 July 2021

Ever since 1807, when horse-drawn carriages plied their way on the tracks on the very first passenger-carrying public railway, the UK has had an extraordinarily fruitful relationship with rail travel. Many towns in Britain owe their development and even identity …

5 July 2021

The first four parts of this series give theoretical examples of split ticketing, and how to save money. It’s easy to be confused by the range of fares available, which is where you need a good booking engine like nationalrail.com …

18 June 2021

If you gaze into the town from the racecourse, you can see the Beacon, the vertical pier, rising above the town, which is only four stories high but that does not matter in a town where few of the buildings …

1 June 2021

Many people in the railway industry would like to do away with Split Ticketing. But once the rabbit is out of the hat, it’s difficult to capture it again. Besides, how do you manage something you can hardly measure? A …

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