Train tickets from Liverpool cut to 10p in Northern Rail sale
More than 100,000 train tickets are on sale today across the north west including tickets to and from Lime Street Station.
The Northern Rail ticket sale launched on Monday, with one million tickets cut in price to 50p, three million priced at £1 and a further one million tickets for £1.50. This included routes between Liverpool Lime Street and Warrington.
Now, Northern has released an extra 100,000 tickets as part of its flash sale –for 10p. The sale closes at 6pm tonight, September 7. Tickets are valid for travel between Monday, September 11 and Friday, October 20.
Mark Powles, commercial and customer director at Northern, said: “The 100,000 extra tickets we’ve released this morning will ensure this Flash Sale goes out with a bang. We work closely with tourist boards and local authorities across our network and we’ve made these 10p tickets available on routes and services that will support the tourism offer or night-time economy of those locations.”
All Flash Sale tickets must be booked seven days in advance of travel and are available online, via Northern’s app and website, which now features a new ‘Cheap Fare Finder’ tool.
The 10p fares available across the Northern network include:
Liverpool Lime Street to Blackpool North
Manchester Piccadilly to Buxton
Carlisle to Preston
Sheffield to Leeds
Hull to Halifax
Braford Interchange to Huddersfield
Southport to Manchester Oxford Road
Clitheroe to Rochdale
Blackburn to Wigan Wallgate
Darlington to Saltburn
York to Blackpool North
Travellers can get cheaper train tickets from Liverpool Lime Street by using National Rail's fare finder[2] around 12 weeks before travelling and you'll be able to save some money on your train ticket. You can also compare all train prices at TravelSupermarket[3] for the cheapest option.
Another tip to save money on your train tickets is by splitting up your journey. Raileasy.co.uk[4] helps you split your ticket to save up to 30% on journeys - and it's perfectly legal, as long as you board the correct train times allocated on your ticket.
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