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Advance Tickets

Before purchasing your rail tickets you should first check to see if there are any advance tickets available for your journey as they are normally the cheapest. Advance tickets can still be available up to the day before travel.

Have a look at our
ADVANCE TICKET GUIDE
to see just how easy it is to locate and buy cheap advance rail tickets, you could save yourself a fortune!

Bristol-London

The fast service is to London Paddington but if you don't mind a slow service you can purchase a cheaper Bristol-London Waterloo ticket and travel via Salisbury - you have to change at Salisbury.

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Many online rail ticket retailers charge processing fees. When you buy your rail ticket with EAST MIDLANDS TRAINS you pay NO booking fee, NO credit card charge and NO postal delivery charge and you can purchase tickets for the whole network.

Tickets for the whole network

Bristol Temple Meads to ...

If you are travelling to or from Bristol Temple Meads look to see if you can find a cheaper fare by splitting your tickets as indicated in the panel below.
Ticket information applies : d = off-peak day | m = off-peak monthly | a = anytime

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BERWICK-upon-TWEED split at Cheltenham Spa+Birmingham NS (a)
BIRMINGHAM NS split at Cheltenham Spa (d/m/a)
BRIDGEND split at Cardiff Central (d/a)
CHESTERFIELD split at Cheltenham Spa+Birmingham NS (m/a)
DARLINGTON split at Cheltenham Spa (a)
DERBY split at Cheltenham Spa+Birmingham NS (d/m) or Cheltenham Spa (a)
DONCASTER split at Cheltenham Spa+Derby (m/a)
EDINBURGH split at Cheltenham Spa+Birmingham NS (a)
LEEDS split at Cheltenham Spa+Derby (m/a)
LONDON PADDINGTON split at Didcot Parkway* (d/a) or travel via Salisbury to London Waterloo
NEATH split at Cardiff Central (d/a)
PENZANCE split at Exeter SD+Plymouth (d/m/a)
PLYMOUTH split at Taunton (d) or Exeter SD (m/a)
READING split at Didcot Parkway* (d/a) or Swindon (m)
SHEFFIELD split at Cheltenham Spa+Birmingham NS+Derby (d) or Cheltenham Spa+Derby (m/a)
SWANSEA split at Cardiff Central (d/a)
YORK split at Cheltenham Spa+Birmingham NS (m) or Cheltenham Spa (a) or Cheltenham Spa+Derby+Sheffield (a)

* Not all trains call at Didcot Parkway

Use the EMT JOURNEY PLANNER to plan your journey
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Examples

Bristol TM to Birmingham NS (off-peak (day) return) £48.40
Purchase 2 return tickets : Savings to be made : £32
Bristol TM-Cheltenham Spa (off-peak day return) £8.20
Cheltenham Spa-Birmingham NS (off-peak day return) £8.20

Bristol TM to Leeds (anytime return) £199.00
Purchase 3 return tickets : Savings to be made : £74.50
Bristol TM-Cheltenham (anytime return) £22.00
Cheltenham-Derby (anytime return) £61.00
Derby-Leeds (anytime return) £41.50

Bristol TM to Plymouth (off-peak (day) return) £51.50
Purchase 2 return tickets : Savings to be made : £22.90
Bristol TM-Taunton (off-peak day return) £11.60
Taunton-Plymouth (off-peak day return) £17.00

Bristol TM to Reading (super off-peak (day) return) £41.00
Purchase 2 return tickets : Savings to be made : £14.40
Bristol TM-Didcot Parkway* (off-peak day return) £21.00
Didcot Parkway-Reading (off-peak day return) £5.60

Bristol TM to Swansea (off-peak (day) return) £32.00
Purchase 2 return tickets : Savings to be made : £12.90
Bristol TM-Cardiff C (off-peak day return) £11.30
Cardiff C-Swansea (off-peak day return) £7.80

* Not all trains call at Didcot Parkway

Not all ticket types will result in savings being made.
The above examples were correct at January 2012.