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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!

The North East

Travelling from Port Talbot to the North East? You don't have to travel via Birmingham! Look at travelling via Hereford, Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly then onwards via Leeds and York, trains run direct from Port Talbot to Manchester. If you split your tickets at Hereford it sometimes works out cheaper.

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Port Talbot Parkway to ...

If you are travelling to or from Port Talbot 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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BATH SPA (via Bristol TM*) for anytime returns purchase a Port Talbot-Swindon anytime return and get off at Bath (see example below)
DIDCOT PARKWAY split at Swindon (d/a)
EXETER SD split at Bristol TM (d)
LONDON PADDINGTON split at Swindon (a)
NEWCASTLE (via Manchester#) split at Hereford (a)
NEWTON ABBOT split at Bristol TM+Taunton (d) or Bristol TM (a)
PENZANCE split at Bristol TM (a)
PLYMOUTH split at Bristol TM+Taunton (d)
READING split at Swindon (a)
TAUNTON split at Cardiff C (d)

* Change at Cardiff Central and travel via Bristol Temple Meads
# Change at Manchester Piccadilly

Use the EMT JOURNEY PLANNER to plan your journey
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Examples

Port Talbot to Bath Spa * (no anytime returns - 2x anytime day single s) £49.40
Purchase 1 return ticket : Savings to be made : £12.70
Port Talbot-Swindon^ (anytime return) £36.70

Port Talbot to Newcastle (via Manchester #) (anytime return) £286.00
Purchase 3 tickets : Savings to be made : £76.90
Port Talbot-Hereford (anytime day single) £26.10 s
Hereford-Newcastle (anytime return) £156.90
Hereford-Port Talbot (anytime day single) £26.10 s

Port Talbot to Plymouth (off-peak (day) return) £76.10
Purchase 3 return tickets : Savings to be made : £27.90
Port Talbot-Bristol TM (off-peak day return) £19.60
Bristol TM-Taunton (off-peak day return) £11.60
Taunton-Plymouth (off-peak day return) £17.00

Port Talbot to London Paddington (anytime return) £232.00
Purchase 2 return tickets : Savings to be made : £83.30
Port Talbot-Swindon (anytime return) £36.70
Swindon-Paddington (anytime return) £112.00

* Change at Cardiff Central and travel via Bristol Temple Meads
^ A Port Talbot-Swindon anytime return is cheaper than Port Talbot-Bath Spa-Port Talbot anytime day singles - just alight at Bath
# Change at Manchester Piccadilly.
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.