The tickets were purchased today at Glasgow Central
\n04:28 Glasgow Central – Preston : Virgin Trains
\n06:56 Preston – Warrrington Bank Quay (same train service) : Virgin Trains
\n07:39 Warrington Bank Quay – Crewe : Virgin Trains
\n10:33 Crewe – Rugby : London Midland
\nArriving Rugby at 12:17
\n14:30 Rugby – Rugeley Trent Valley : London Midland
\nArriving Rugeley Trent Valley at 14:43 (break of return journey)
\n15:43 Rugeley Trent Valley – Crewe : London Midland
\n17:09 Crewe – Warrington Bank Quay : Virgin Trains
\n17:27 Warrington Bank Quay – Preston (same train service) : Virgin Trains
\n18:30 Preston – Glasgow Central : Virgin Trains<\/p>\n
The normal return fare, between Glasgow Central and Rugby is \u00a3361.00
\nThe break down of tickets is as follows :<\/p>\n
Glasgow Central – Preston
\nA First Class Advance Single \u00a333.50<\/p>\n
Preston – Glasgow Central
\nFirst Class Advance Single \u00a333.50<\/p>\n
Preston – Warrington Bank Quay
\nFirst Class Anytime Return \u00a324.50<\/p>\n
Warrington Bank Quay – Crewe
\nFirst Class Anytime Return \u00a325.10<\/p>\n
Crewe – Rugby
\nStandard Super Off Peak Return \u00a312.00
\nNote a First Class equivalent is 36.00<\/p>\n
The total cost was \u00a3128.60, a saving of \u00a3232.40 (including First Class between Crewe and Rugby would be a cost of \u00a3152.60 with a saving of \u00a3208.60)<\/p>\n
Travel by private car from home to Glasgow, to arrive no later than 03:45
\nThere are no car parking charges<\/p>\n
04:28 Glasgow Central – Warrington Bank Quay
\nOperated by Virgin Trains
\nReservation Coach G Seat 45
\nI was offered a choice of tea or coffee, cereals, and toast
\nI declined the cereals and toast and was presented with my own pot of coffee
\nAt 05:50 I pointed out this error to the host and ordered the Great British Breakfast, as there is no chef until Carlisle
\nI was offered another breakfast shortly after departure from Preston, but I declined this
\nThis service was operated by 390005
\nThis service arrived in Warrington Bank Quay at 07:18<\/p>\n
07:39 Warrington Bank Quay – Crewe
\nOperated by Virgin Trains
\nReservation Coach E Seat 13
\nSeat used Coach E Seat 14
\nShortly after departure I was offered tea and breakfast, which I declined
\nThis service was operated by 221109
\nThis service arrives in Crewe at 07:58<\/p>\n
10:33 Crewe – Rugby
\nOperated by London Midland
\nThis service was operated by 350105
\nThis service arrived in Rugby at 12:40<\/p>\n
14:03 Rugby – Rugeley Trent Valley
\nOperated by London Midland
\nThis service was operated by 350130
\nThis service arrived in Rugeley Trent Valley at 14:43<\/p>\n
15:43 Rugeley Trent Valley – Crewe
\nOperated by London Midland
\nThis service was operated by 350110
\nThis service arrived in Crewe at 16:38<\/p>\n
17:09 Crewe – Preston
\nOperated by Virgin Trains
\nReservation Coach E Seat 13
\nShortly after departure I was offered tea and a snack
\nThis was a Smoked Salmon Salad with a Lemon Cupcake
\nThis service was operated by 221143
\nThis service arrived in Preston at 17:51<\/p>\n
18:30 Preston – Glasgow Central
\nThis service departed at 18:45, 15 minutes late
\nOperated by Virgin Trains
\nReservation Coach G Seat 01
\nShortly after departure there was an offer of drinks and snacks
\nI had a tea and selected cola, with a Smoked Salmon Salad
\nThere was a further round of drinks after Carlisle
\nThis service was operated by 390053
\nThis service arrived in Glasgow Central at 20:45<\/p>\n
Travel by private car from Glasgow to home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The tickets were purchased today at Glasgow Central 04:28 Glasgow Central – Preston : Virgin Trains 06:56 Preston – Warrrington Bank Quay (same train service) : Virgin Trains 07:39 Warrington Bank Quay – Crewe : Virgin Trains 10:33 Crewe – Rugby : London Midland Arriving Rugby at 12:17 14:30 Rugby – Rugeley Trent Valley : […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":535,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rail-britain.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rail-britain.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rail-britain.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rail-britain.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rail-britain.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.rail-britain.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580,"href":"https:\/\/www.rail-britain.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/552\/revisions\/580"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rail-britain.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rail-britain.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}