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Train tickets are set to be slashed by half with fares cheaper in April and May. In what is being dubbed the Great British Rail Sale, the Transport ...

In a statement, Mr Shapps said: "For the first time ever, operators across the rail industry are coming together to help passengers facing rising costs of living by offering up to 50% off more than a million tickets on journeys across Britain. Discounted tickets will go on sale from Tuesday April 19, with passengers eligible to travel for less on off-peak fares between April 25 and May 27. In what is being dubbed the Great British Rail Sale, the Transport Secretary said more than one million train tickets would be reduced this spring.

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A train tickets sale claiming to be the biggest nationwide offer of heavily discounted fares begins today, Tuesday 19 April, at 10am – with travel dates ...

More than one million train tickets have been slashed in a bid to 'help passengers facing rising costs of living'

In what is being dubbed the Great British Rail Sale, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said more than one million train tickets would be reduced this spring.

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More than one million train tickets are being reduced this spring in what has been dubbed the 'Great British Rail Sale'. The Department for Transport (DfT) is ...

Grant Shapps launches scheme to 'ease cost-of-living crisis' with more than a million train fares reduced by up to 50 per cent.

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The Great British Rail Sale will see train tickets cut by as much as half in April and May.

Tickets go on sale from 19 April with discounted tickets available on journeys from 25 April to 27 May.

The government is listening to people’s concerns about rising costs, and is taking action worth more than £22 billion in 2022-23 alone – which includes support with the cost of energy bills and to help to ensure people keep more of their money. - London to Cardiff: was £47, now £25 - London to Edinburgh: was £44, now £22

The temporary sale will see some off-peak prices slashed by as much as half in April and May.

However, when he searched online he found there were no discounted tickets available. DfT said reforms to the rail sector through the so-called "Williams-Shapps" plan for rail will mean that network-wide sales of tickets should be able to take place more easily in the future. Scott Arthur, 33, was hoping to buy cheaper tickets from London to Liverpool for the end of April. From there he plans to travel on to north Wales for a friend's stag do as there is no direct train. "It was easy enough to get the cheap tickets from London Liverpool Street to Norwich but they were obviously not offering it for what you'd class as the commuter line from Hockley to London Liverpool Street, even though it was off-peak," he told the BBC. Peter King, 52, was planning to use the sale to buy tickets from his local station, Hockley in Essex, for a day trip to Norwich. There is no direct train so he would normally travel via London Liverpool Street but that route was not included in the sale. The promotion only applies to tickets for travel from 25 April to 27 May, with tickets available to buy until 2 May.

The 'rail sale' will offer travellers around 50% off more than one million train tickets on journeys across England, Wales and parts of Scotland.