Bristol To Birmingham By Train

[Rosie29]

Please could someone suggest how best to make the above journey please ?
The cheaper the better. Going on 24th May and returning 25th.
Thank you

[klazomaniac]

This is probably the cheapest way.

https://uk.megabus.com/route-guides/bristol-to-birmingham

[malagabob]

Sometimes it works out cheaper if you book tickets to intermediate stations on the route.Not one direct ticket. Sounds incredibly but it’s true.

[novalis]

It is a direct train so an off-peak return is what you need. That having been said, it may be cheaper to do split-ticketing, i,e, Bristol to Cheltenham and Cheltenham to Bormingham.

[novalis]

I should have added, on by frequent journeys to the South-West my splits are Birmingham to Cheltenham, Cheltenham to Bristol and Bristol to Exeter.

[Peter Pedant]

You just take a train north from Breetol Temple Meads and bingo

[Peter Pedant]

Blimey I wdnt stop at Chellers unless I had to

[mushroom25]

Bristol - Birmingham, single advance ticket = 26-80.
Bristol - Cheltenham, single advance ticket = 11-20.
Cheltenham - Birmingham single advance ticket = 11-90.

so you can save yourself about £5 each way by splitting your ticket. note though that these cheap fares are not available for any train, you may find to travel at the time you want costs a lot more. of all the long distance operators, XC are probably the least likely to sell you a good deal.

as pointed out by klazomaniac, Megabus is cheaper, and takes about an hour longer than the train. £7-62 is the std single fare.

[Rosie29]

Many thanks for really helpful replies x

[barry1010]

£42.72 return according to this site, https://book.splitticketing.com/results

You could try fiddling with earlier/later trains