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Re: Confused - fares to Shiel Bridge!

I think I'll wait for East Coast who will hopefully play the normal game of sticking to the 12 week advance offer.

Re: Confused - fares to Shiel Bridge!

Scottish City Link reduce fares for members of the scottish Youth Hostels Association....

Re: Confused - fares to Shiel Bridge!

Hi Lindy, unfortunately I am a life member of the YHA which does not help me in terms of these fare reductions. I'll check out whether it's worth joining SYHA as well, anyway - thanks.

Re: Confused - fares to Shiel Bridge!

Hi Marian

I wonder if it would be useful to look at Club50 which offers return fares throughout Scotland (including Carlisle) for £16 return and other discounted prices 20% if booked in advance online. you could perhaps get a bus to Carlisle then train to Fort William and bus to Shiel Bridge. This way involve a lot of travel though getting on and off buses and trains. The return ticket though would take you from Montrose back to Carlisle.

Re: Confused - fares to Shiel Bridge!

Last Saturday whilst trying to find a single to Morar the internet on the PC showed the cheapest tickets were £69. On my android phone they were £125 and when I went to the train station I got one for £51. The chap in ticket office was stumped. They were exactly the same connections. In his words "we're all fishing in the same pond?"

Re: Confused - fares to Shiel Bridge!

Probably too late for you now John but it always seems cheaper to get a ticket to Mallaig and hop out 1 stop early! For some reason known only to the train companies they do not discount fares to the intermediate stations on the West Highland route.

It always pays to shop around and think outside the box; in 2014 I attempted to get a ticket to Kyle of Lochalsh so the sleeper to Inverness and onward connection seemed to be the most appropriate however the prices broke down as this

1 ticket all the way through (from London) quoted at £124 including sleeper

Advance fare Sleeper to Inverness (£78) + Advance ticket to KoL (£13) = £91

Advance fare sleeper to Aberdeen (£55) + Advance ticket to KoL (15) = £68

Guess which one I went for.....


Oh and the sleeper to Inverness and Aberdeen is the same train, and the connection from Aberdeen to Inverness means a same time departure for KoL too

Re: Confused - fares to Shiel Bridge!

Thanks for the tip. Perhaps one of the new "universities" should do a degree course in rail fares?