Date: 15/01/2010

Train fares may have risen an average of 1.1% this year, yet there are still plenty of cheap tickets out there if you are prepared to be flexible and book ahead.

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How to track down a cheap train ticket

Guardian Item

Miles Brignall on how to beat the annual rail fare price hikes

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Booking office at Cowdenbeath 1962 vintage... July 1994.
Location: Cowdenbeath
Company: Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway)
/07/1994 David Panton

Echoes of a bygone age. The attractive refurbished booking office on the east side of the concourse at Bridlington, photographed in October 2008.
Location: Bridlington
Company: Bridlington Branch (Hull and Selby Railway)
01/10/2008 John Furnevel

Station entrance at Christs Hospital, Sussex, home of the famous public school. The sign on the left states Tickets are on sale from the signal box.
Location: Christ^s Hospital
Company: Mid-Sussex Railway
// Ian Dinmore