it looks like GNER are sold out for train tickets to London kx on the 15th March!  I am thinking of getting train to Carlisle then train down to London Euston.   Anyone got experience of these operators??  Are they reliable?

Thanks in advance!

(19 Jan 2025, 2:38 pm)Rob44 wrote it looks like GNER are sold out for train tickets to London kx on the 15th March!  I am thinking of getting train to Carlisle then train down to London Euston.   Anyone got experience of these operators??  Are they reliable?

Thanks in advance!

The ECML is shut that weekend North of Darlington, but that's not a route I'd be going.

If I had to do that journey I'd do

Northern: Newcastle to Thornaby
TPE: Thornaby to Leeds or York
LNER: Leeds or York to London

It'll be much quicker than the West Coast. You could in theory do it from Heworth either since it's the same train you'd get from Newcastle (believe it's where you're based at atm).

(19 Jan 2025, 2:43 pm)Storx wrote The ECML is shut that weekend North of Darlington, but that's not a route I'd be going.

If I had to do that journey I'd do

Northern: Newcastle to Thornaby
TPE: Thornaby to Leeds or York
LNER: Leeds or York to London

It'll be much quicker than the West Coast.

will to two changes rather than the one change not make it longer though? 

are there trqains from york to london whuich dont go as far as newcastle?

 I will have a look though, cheers

(19 Jan 2025, 2:54 pm)Rob44 wrote will to two changes rather than the one change not make it longer though? 

are there trqains from york to london whuich dont go as far as newcastle?

 I will have a look though, cheers

Depends where you're coming from, Heworth ain't it?

Could go direct from there.

Clicky here - that's the fares and routes there with the via on.

cheers i'll take a look.

(19 Jan 2025, 3:05 pm)Rob44 wrote cheers i'll take a look.

No worries, much quicker than heading to Carlisle then down, least you're heading in the right direction. Some of them appear to be only an hour longer aswell once you've added in going from Heworth to Central which is quite a surprise tbh.

(19 Jan 2025, 2:38 pm)Rob44 wrote it looks like GNER are sold out for train tickets to London kx on the 15th March!  I am thinking of getting train to Carlisle then train down to London Euston.   Anyone got experience of these operators??  Are they reliable?

Thanks in advance!

After the way they played yesterday, I'd hold off buying the train tickets!

Have a look at the route planners and see what things are like by putting in different 'via' points.
Split ticketing sites might help on the cost too.

(19 Jan 2025, 3:22 pm)Andreos1 wrote After the way they played yesterday, I'd hold off buying the train tickets!

Have a look at the route planners and see what things are like by putting in different 'via' points.
Split ticketing sites might help on the cost too.

will do.  worse come to worse theres a national express bus that leave Newcastle at 420am on the saturday for 9 quid!

or take the care and pay congestion charge and 30 quid per 24 to park at hotel

(19 Jan 2025, 3:54 pm)Rob44 wrote will do.  worse come to worse theres a national express bus that leave Newcastle at 420am on the saturday for 9 quid!

or take the care and pay congestion charge and 30 quid per 24 to park at hotel

Btw could you not do the half and half if you wanted to drive ie go half way down and just jump on a train there. We've done it at Retford in the past which is around half way and you get Hull Trains which were quite cheap at the time.

(19 Jan 2025, 4:00 pm)Storx wrote Btw could you not do the half and half if you wanted to drive ie go half way down and just jump on a train there. We've done it at Retford in the past which is around half way and you get Hull Trains which were quite cheap at the time.

not sure if i'd  want to leave my car miles away from where im at, but worth keeping in mind