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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.

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First Capital Connect

If travelling to Huntingdon / Stevenage / London King's Cross then cheaper fares are available by splitting and changing at Peterborough onto a First Capital Connect service with a First Capital Connect only ticket - these trains are slower but cheaper.

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Retford to ...

If you are travelling to or from Retford 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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ABERDEEN split at Montrose (a)
BERWICK-on-TWEED split at York (a) and purchase a Leeds-Berwick anytime return valid from York (see example below)
DARLINGTON split at York (d/a)
DURHAM split at York (d/a)
LONDON KX split at Peterborough* FCC (d/a)
NEWCASTLE split at York (d/a)
STEVENAGE split at Peterborough* FCC (d/m/a)

* Not all trains call at Peterborough
FCC Change at Peterborough to a First Capital Connect train with a First Capital Connect Only ticket

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Examples

Retford to Berwick-upon-Tweed (anytime return) £163.00
Purchase 2 return tickets : Savings to be made : £28.60
Retford-York (anytime return) £45.40
Leeds #-Berwick (anytime return) £89.00

Retford to London King's Cross (EC anytime return) £174.00
Purchase 3 tickets : Savings to be made : £57.50
Retford-Peterborough* (anytime return) £66.00
Peterborough-London KX (First Capital Connect anytime return) £50.50 FCC

Retford to Stevenage (super off-peak (day) return) £59.00
Purchase 2 return tickets : Savings to be made : £18.20
Retford-Peterborough* (off-peak day return) £26.00
Peterborough-Stevenage (First Capital Connect off-peak day return) £14.80 FCC

Retford to Newcastle (off-peak (day) return) £67.60
Purchase 2 return tickets : Savings to be made : £19.80
Retford-York (off-peak day return) £18.60
York-Newcastle (off-peak day return) £29.20

* Not all trains call at Peterborough
# A Leeds-Berwick anytime return is cheaper than a York-Berwick anytime return and is valid from York
FCC Change at Peterborough to a First Capital Connect train with an FCC 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.