All news on the topic: Train tickets

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Tens of thousands of train fare fines to be quashed in England and Wales
Four firms including Northern and Greater Anglia unlawfully prosecuted more than 74,000 alleged fare dodgers
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Top five ways you can find cheaper train tickets as rail fares rocket from today
Brits will experience a stark increase in rail fares from this weekend following 18 months of travel disruption across the country - campaigners have warned the damaging affects on commuters
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Rail fares rise by 4.9% today in blow for millions of train users and commuters
The rail fare increase increase will be applied to regulated tickets, such as season, anytime day, off-peak and super off-peak - here is everything you need to know
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Train passengers hit by triple whammy of fare hikes, overcrowding and delays
Regulated fares in England will rise by up to 4.9% from this Sunday - on top of a near 6% jump last year. Passengers in Scotland face hikes of 8.7% in April
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Nearly half of Brits admit they lack knowledge about Britain's railway history
In fact, only a fifth have heard of Richard Trevithick - and just 14% are aware that he played a key role in designing the world's first steam-powered locomotive
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Train fare 'simplification' trial adds more than £100 to cost of some journeys
Rail campaign groups have described the trial as 'awful' and 'a smokescreen' after it resulted in the cost of some journeys increasing
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Gorgeous town just four hours from UK has huge market and brilliant nightlife
Rennes is the capital of Brittany, four hours from London via a two hour Eurostar to Paris and then hour and a half TGV, and is home to 20 weekly markets including the Marché des Lices
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Train office staff 'discouraged from offering passengers cheapest fares'
Websites such as Trainline promote split fares, which cut travel costs by using more than one ticket for a journey, while most machines do not
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Man arrested over lack of valid train ticket despite shelling out £120
British Transport Police arrested Alex Lennon as he tried to make his way to a work meeting in London. He spent more than £100 on a train ticket but was stopped by staff and officers
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Brits warned train tickets can cost double when bought at station machines
Mystery shoppers discovered that fares purchased online were cheaper around three-quarters of the time, and on average, same day journeys cost a hefty 52% from machines at stations than online
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Man Utd star's £180k Lamborghini plastered with tickets after being dumped
Manchester United and England left-back Luke Shaw has seen his £180,000 Lamborghini Urus decorated in parking tickets after leaving the supercar at Wilmslow train station
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LNER scraps off-peak fares on major route as expert warns Brits may be worse off
LNER is scrapping Off-Peak and Super-Off-Peak fares on journeys from London King’s Cross to Newcastle, Berwick-upon-Tweed, and Edinburgh and vice-versa, replacing them with a new semi-flexible fare called the 70min Flex
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London to Edinburgh train to launch that will be 'faster than flying'
LNER has announced that its long-awaited fast service between London and Edinburgh will launch in December 2024 if all goes to plan, linking the English and Scottish capitals in just over four hours
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Brits can bag £1 train tickets in huge sale including Whitby and Newcastle
Northern Rail is flogging thousands of tickets for £1 through its 'Low Fare Finder' to and from locations including Newcastle, Darlington, Middlesbrough and Sunderland
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UK's longest train journey takes 14 hours and is full of 'bucket list' views
Train enthusiasts can take on the UK's longest train journey which covers 785 miles in 14 hours and is considered a 'bucket list' trip for anyone who wants to make the most of British scenery
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All the bills set to go up in 2024 including council tax and TV licence
Next year millions are set for another rise to day to day household bills - the Mirror has rounded up all the bills which are all set to see a rise and how much they could rise by
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Train prices to rise as huge increase confirmed in blow for travellers
Train travellers already faced a 5.9% rise in rail fares rise in England and Wales this March so the announcement will come as a blow to those who use rail services
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Brits opt for planes over trains this Christmas due to sky high ticket prices
Flying is cheaper than taking a train on four-out-of-five popular routes while an average train ticket is 3.4 times the cost of flying, a study by Greenpeace has found
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The £15 digital railcard that could save a third on train tickets
The festively frugal deal has limited cards available
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BBC wasting £250k of fee-payers' money on taxis and hotels that are never used
Campaigners have accused the BBC of squandering money paid from the license fee to buy train tickets and hotel rooms that were never used and can't be refunded to the broadcaster
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Warning issues to commuters as peak train fare changes come into force
Commuters are being warned by National Rail that prices will change for tickets in and out of London from Sunday during peak time as part of the ongoing rollout of Contactless
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Mum horrified after son, 15, 'thrown off train' on way to school
Mum Jennifer has issued a complaint over a Northern train conductor her daughter filmed her twin brother Marley being dragged off the train as he tried to show him his ticket
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Commuter's fury after being fined £142 despite trying four times to pay fare
Kelly Hannah-Rogers couldn't buy a ticket at Folkestone Station in Kent when trying to travel to London, and tried three further times before being given a penalty fare
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'I was fined £100 for my train journey even though I had bought a ticket'
A 16-year-old in Cheshire says she was slapped with a £100 fine on a recent train journey even after she showed proof that she had bought a ticket online
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'UK trains are so expensive it's cheaper for me to fly via Europe to see family'
Ellie Cresswell fits day trips to European countries including Denmark and Latvia when she wants to head home, taking the first flight out of London and the last flight on to Manchester