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The Northern Echo has teamed up with East Coast to bring you this amazing train travel offer this Spring. There are thousands of discounted Advance tickets available from fares as low as Darlington to London from just £10 and Durham to London from just £11 one way in Standard Class accommodation.

Book your tickets via the East Coast website here

There are many other East Coast destinations. To check the fares and availability, please click here to go to the East Coast Reader Offer booking pages. Enter your journey details and the ‘Lowest Fare Finder’ will guide you to the best available price for your journey.

To qualify for these extra-special fares, you need to collect 8 tokens from The Northern Echo. One token will be printed every day from today to Wednesday, April 20, 2011 with bonus tokens printed randomly throughout the campaign.

What’s more, with one set of tokens, up to four people can travel together.

The Reader Offer fares are available for travel between Tuesday, May 3 and Sunday, July 3, 2011 for travel on off-peak services with limited availability on Friday and Sunday afternoons. At such great prices, we are expecting a large response with the highest demand for travel at weekends, so if you can be flexible and travel mid-week, you will have more choice. Friday, May 27 to Sunday, June 5, 2011 inclusive are excluded from the promotion.

To give you greater choice and flexibility, all Advance tickets are sold as single fares, allowing you to choose the lowest one available for every stage of your journey. This means you can select the Reader Offer fare on the outward journey and, if the return train of your choice has none available, you can select the next best fare shown. This mix and match option will give you even greater opportunities to travel at a great price.

Seats are subject to availability and bookings for the Reader Offer fares must be made 3 weeks in advance, so book early to avoid disappointment.

Please note that engineering work may take place on some weekends during this promotion which may affect journey times. Information will be available from our website at the time of booking.

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HOW TO BOOK

To book these fares, click here. This will direct you to the East Coast Reader Offer welcome page, which will guide you through the simple booking instructions. This offer cannot be booked by phone or at stations and please note, you cannot access the Reader Offer booking pages through Google or other search sites.

When you travel, you must take your tickets and all 8 tokens with you. You will be asked to produce the tokens and tickets when asked for inspection on the train.

Bookings open on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 9am and close at midnight on Sunday, April 24, 2011. If you have any problems, please call East Coast Web Customer Support Team on 08457 225 111.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

In addition to the National Rail Conditions of Carriage, the following conditions apply: The offer is only available to holders of the appropriate number of tokens. These must be taken on the journey for inspection on the train. If you are unable to present the tokens when requested, you will be liable to pay the balance of the full fare for the journey. This applies to each ticket booked under the offer.
A set of tokens can only be used for one return journey for up to four people travelling together. If you plan to use the offer more than once, you will need a complete set of tokens for each return journey you make. Bookings for the Reader Offer fare must be made 3 weeks in advance and can only be purchased online here. Major credit, debit and charge cards are accepted. Once a booking is made no refunds or changes will be allowed. No photocopies accepted.

No Railcard, child, online or other discounts are available with this offer. Under 5s travel free if they do not occupy a seat.

Travel is only permitted on the East Coast service on which you are reserved; no break in journey is allowed, except to change to/from connecting trains where these are shown on your ticket or itinerary. If you have purchased a Standard Reader Offer ticket, no upgrade to First Class will be allowed except at weekends. You may upgrade to Weekend First for £20 or £25 each way, per person, depending on the journey. This can only be done on board. Please note, Weekend First does not allow access to East Coast First Class Lounges.

Disclaimer: This offer is made by, and readers’ agreements are made with, East Coast Trains. Newsquest (Yorkshire & North East) Ltd are only the promoters of this offer and as such have no responsibility in relation to its terms or availability.