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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Bethan Shufflebotham

I paid £20 for a railcard and I’ll save £174 travelling to Manchester this year

Rail travel can prove costly, particularly if you have to travel by train quite frequently, like me. Since April alone I’ve spent more than £125 on train tickets to Manchester, so I’ve been looking at ways to cut down my costs.

With the cost of living crisis and rise of inflation, it’s never been more crucial to save money where possible, and I discovered that a railcard could help me save around £174 a year on my weekly jaunt to the city.

When I heard that Trainline were offering a third off digital railcards , just days after I’d picked up an application form from the station to order one, I’ve never hit ‘add to basket’ so quickly.

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