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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

Nuneaton to ...

If you are travelling to or from Nuneaton 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 | a = anytime

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CARLISLE split at Crewe*+Wigan NW (a)
GLASGOW C split at Crewe* (a) or Crewe*+Wigan NW (a)
LANCASTER split at Crewe* (d/a)
LOCKERBIE split at Crewe* (a)
MANCHESTER P split at Crewe*V (d/a) or Stoke-on-Trent^V (d/a)
OXENHOLME split at Crewe*+Wigan NW (a)
PENRITH split at Crewe* (a) or Crewe*+Wigan NW (a)
PRESTON split at Crewe* (d)
WARRINGTON BQ split at Crewe* (d/a)
WIGAN NW split at Crewe* (d/a)

* Travel on a London Midland train with a London Midland only ticket to Crewe and change
^ Travel on a London Midland train with a London Midland only ticket to Stoke-on-Trent and change
V Change to Virgin Trains with a Virgin Trains Only ticket forward

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Examples

Nuneaton to Glasgow C (anytime return) £242.00
Purchase 2 return tickets : Savings to be made : £48.00
Nuneaton-Crewe (London Midland anytime return) £30.00 LMC
Crewe-Glasgow C (anytime return) £164.00

Nuneaton to Lancaster (anytime return) £124.00
Purchase 3 return tickets : Savings to be made : £60.80
Nuneaton-Crewe (London Midland anytime return) £30.00 LMC
Crewe-Wigan NW (anytime return) £17.20
Wigan NW-Lancaster (anytime return) £16.00

Nuneaton to Manchester P (via Crewe) (off-peak (day) return) £38.60
Purchase 2 return tickets : Savings to be made : £15.50
Nuneaton-Crewe (London Midland super off-peak return) £14.00 LMC
Crewe-Manchester P (Virgin Trains off-peak day return) £9.10 VC

Nuneaton to Manchester P (via Stoke) (anytime return) £64.00
Purchase 3 tickets : Savings to be made : £14.00
Nuneaton-Stoke (London Midland anytime return) £30.00 LMS
Stoke-Manchester P (Virgin Trains anytime day single) £10.00 VS s
Manchester P-Stoke (Virgin Trains anytime day single) £10.00 VS s

LMC Travel on a London Midland train to Crewe with a London Midland Only ticket and change at Crewe
LMS Travel on a London Midland train to Stoke-on-Trent with a London Midland Only ticket and change at Stoke-on-Trent
VC Travel on Virgin Trains from Crewe with a Virgin Trains Only ticket
VS Travel on Virgin Trains from Stoke-on-Trent with a Virgin Trains Only ticket
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.