After a weekend of false starts, it appears that +Chiltern Railways have followed up the Evening Standard 50p fare offer of 2012 with a similar promotion in 2013
Visiting the page Evening Standard 50p Offer - Book your ticket allows you to book a 25p single ticket in advance for travel from London to Birmingham in the morning and from Birmingham to London in the afternoon Mondays to Saturday until Friday 17th May.
NOTE that travel from Birmingham to London can only be be booked as a return journey for a trip out from London SO the cheap fare from Birmingham is actually 50p (you can book 25p singles from London however).
Train availability from London is 0815 then hourly until 1315; from Birmingham it is 1255 then hourly until 1555, 1615, 1843, 1917, and 2018. Business Zone is available on the 1015 and 1315 from Marylebone, and the 1255 and 1555 from Moor Street.
Excluded are the following Saturdays - 13th April 2013, 4th May 2013, 11th May 2013, and 18th May 2013 along with Monday 6th May 2013.
The formal offer page is at http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/eveningstandard50
DON'T forget that +London Midland are still doing their GINORMOUS online rail sale - ticket need to be booked by Sunday 21 April for travel up to Friday 31st May - whilst Virgin Trains are offering a Super Off-Peak return fare of £25 for the London-Birmingham route on Saturdays and Sundays until the end of April (time restrictions apply: departures must be between 10.30am and 4pm or after 6.30pm from either end of the route. NOTE that these are walk-on fares, valid for up to a month (within April), so DO NOT need to be booked in advance). Full details on my blog at http://birmingham2london.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/cheaper-tickets-with-londonmidland-and.html
Has there been more competition on fares between the UK's two great cities?
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