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What is the cheapest adult 2nd class fare available from Southampton to Bath?
Hi - thanks very much for your question - which is possibly very hard to answer!
If you're just taking a one way journey then it's an easy question - it's £18.50, valid on any train. You ask for a "Standard Open Single" which you can but in advance or at the time of departure, from the ticket office. There is usually no need to reserve seats for this journey.
However, if you're prepared to travel at certain times and wish to make a return ("round trip") journey, this can be done for approximately £21.00 (called a "Saver Return") for both parts of the journey.
Incidentally, there are no direct trains, and you would usually change at Reading, but there is usually no need to cross to another platform here, so it's an easy change - your connecting service arrives on the same platform - but do check the screens on arrival to be sure!
Do come back to me if I can help further, please.
Happy to help!
Alun Hill MCIJ
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Alun Hill MCIJ
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As a full time, UK based, travel journalist, I travel almost constantly around the whole of the UK, searching out restaurants, hotels and "must see" places. Visitors for both business and pleasure are welcome to ask questions. I almost always travel by public transport, so questions on rail, air and coach / bus travel are also very welcome. I also regularly write about and use the "Eurostar" rail service between London and Continental Europe - which uses a tunnel under the English Channel - so I am able to help with any questions there, too.
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I'm a full time, UK based, travel journalist. I travel almost constantly around the whole of the UK, searching out restaurants, hotels and "must see" places for my readers. I have been writing about, filming and reporting from UK tourism destinations for over 12 years. I cover both "business" and "pleasure" trips for my readers.
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I am a member of the "Chartered Institute of Journalists" (the world's oldest professional body for journalists), the "British Association of Journalists" and "The International Travel Writers Alliance". I hold a full UK Press Card, issued by the Metropolitan Police at Scotland Yard, London.
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National and local press in UK.
Local and National TV in the UK and Europe (Germany, Hungary), reporting on travel and tourism in the UK.
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