Train tickets

[hawkida]

I want to go to Leicester (from London) on 28th November and return on 29th. The cheapest train fare for this appears to be 48 quid, going by nationalrail.co.uk and thetrainline.com.

Is that really going to be the best I can get, or do cheaper advance tickets come out closer to the time? I note that I can get TO Leicester for nine quid, so why do they want to charge me so much more to come back?

Comments

[pwilkinson.livejournal.com]

"Why" is almost certainly connected to the fact that the return journey is timetabled to take over twice the time of the outward one. While there are no engineering works listed, there must be some reason for discouraging rail travel between Leicester and London on a Sunday. Such as minimising the number of drivers they need to make overtime payments to.