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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!

London Midland

LM operate trains between London Euston, the Midlands, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe and Liverpool. Fares on London Midland Trains are much less than on fast Inter-City trains but they are a lot slower, if you like sitting on trains and have plenty of time you can save some money by purchasing London Midland tickets.

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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

London Euston to ...

If you are travelling to or from London Euston look to see if you can find a cheaper fare by splitting your tickets as indicated in the panel below - all apply to anytime tickets.

Use the EMT JOURNEY PLANNER to plan your journey
(this will open in a small separate window to help you)

BIRMINGHAM NS split at Rugby* (a)
BLACKPOOL NORTH split at Warrington BQ (a)
CHESTER (via Birmingham ^) split at Coventry+Stafford (a)
LANCASTER (via Birmingham ^) split at Coventry (a)
LANCASTER (via Crewe) split at Crewe+Wigan NW (a)
LIVERPOOL LS split at Stafford (a)
MANCHESTER PICCADILLY (via Crewe +) split at Crewe
MANCHESTER PICCADILLY (via B/ham B) split at Coventry+Wolverhampton (a)
MANCHESTER PICCADILLY (via Sheffield S) split at Sheffield (a)
OXENHOLME (via Crewe) split at Crewe+Wigan NW (a)
PRESTON (via Crewe) split at Crewe (a)
PRESTON (via Birmingham ^) split at Coventry (a)
STAFFORD (via Birmingham ^) split at Birmingham NS (a)
STOKE-on-TRENT split at Milton Keynes* (a)
WARRINGTON BQ (via Birmingham ^) split at Wolverhampton (a)
WIGAN NW (via Crewe) split at Crewe (a)
WIGAN NW (via Birmingham ^) split at Wolverhampton (a)
WOLVERHAMPTON split at Coventry (a)

* Not all trains call at Rugby or Milton Keynes Central
+ Not all trains to Manchester run via Crewe - some run via Stoke-on-Trent
B Travelling via Birmingham instead of direct via the Trent Valley takes longer but can be cheaper
S Travel via Sheffield is from London St.Pancras and takes 60 mins longer

Use the EMT JOURNEY PLANNER to plan your journey
(this will open in a small separate window to help you)

Examples

London Euston to Birmingham NS (anytime return) £158.00
Purchase 2 return tickets : Savings to be made : £23.20
London Euston-Rugby* (anytime return) £123.00
Rugby-Birmingham NS (anytime return) £11.80

London Euston to Manchester Pic (via B/ham) (anytime return) £296.00
Purchase 3 return tickets : Savings to be made : £85.80
London Euston-Coventry (anytime return) £138.00
Coventry-Wolverhampton (anytime return) £10.20
Wolverhampton-Manchester Pic (anytime return) £62.00

London Euston to Stoke-on-Trent (anytime return) £246.00
Purchase 3 tickets : Savings to be made : £53.00
London Euston-Milton Keynes (anytime day single) £18.50 s
Milton Keynes-Stoke-on-Trent (anytime return) £156.00
Milton Keynes-London Euston (anytime day single) £18.50 s

* Not all trains call at Rugby
s There are no anytime returns between these stations only anytime day single tickets which are only valid on the date on the ticket

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