Booking train fares etc

[Kumagoro]

I been looking to save money when booking a train journey and was wondering if
its possible to get cheaper tickets without having to book a time.

Do you always have to book the exact time or are there other cheap tickets
which dont have that restriction?

[mike_dowler]

Depends how cheap you want it. AFAIK the saver return is the cheapest flexible ticket you can get that doesn't require a specific train (you can't use it for rush hour trains to/from London).

It's not as cheap as the Virgin Value tickets though

[Kumagoro]

I see so im not going to get any cheaper than buying that on the same day as
going then.

[dave87]

Yup, though if you know your traveling in advance then thetrainline.com are good Its costing me a fiver each way to go from Norwich to Southend (essex) which isn't too bad

Dave

[Merlin4458]

I used to book a ticket to norwich about 3 days before (super advanced it was i think) specified a time, but didnt cost too much if u were at the other end and wanted to leave later. think it went from 40 on the day down to 17-50, so good saver even if u want to change time on way bk