Last week I took advantage of what I consider to be an amazing offer. Grand Central Trains is offering return tickets from West Yorkshire to London for £25 during the month of February. I am not sure what price the normal Grand Central journeys are, but, using other services, it can cost anything up to £25o, if you travel peak times, to get to London by train from the area where I live. The £25 fares are only available during February, but, they are available on any of the company’s services, at any time, and the tickets can be bought on the train, at no extra charge. This is a fantastic offer, and a real boon for people who have to travel to London on a limited budget.
Grand Central’s services from West Yorkshire call at some unusual stations (including the dreaded Wakefield Kirkgate) and they take a bit longer to get there than some of the more established providers, but their trains are modern, clean, comfortable, and have free wifi throughout.
I think this is a great initiative by a company that deserves to succeed, and I hope they do it again. And, now, they have introduced the “Community Card” offering half price travel to voluntary and community organisations. Now, if you are based in West Yorkshire (or the North-East), work in the voluntary sector, and need to visit #thatlondon, you really have no excuse for not making the trip.
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Thanks john, a great help reading your blog. Coming from Australia, we did not know what Grand Central was when trying to book a train. we are going to do the 15 pound to York on Monday.