Maersk Interview - Travel!

[effiestephy]

Anyone going from Glasgow to Newcastle on Monday the 20th for the interview day starting at 9am? Just looking for a wee bit of help getting down there, cheapest buses/trains etc. and how to get to and from Stockbridge House and the train station/bus station/whatever (:

I AM SO NERVOUS! haha.

[Ducki52]

Ye gods thats a trek! Will you even be able to get a train from Glasgow to the toon that early?

[effiestephy]

There are trains leaving from Edinburgh that arrive around 7am. My mum reckons I should go the night before, but the train tickets are costing a fortune, travel expenses are only refunded up to ?150. If only Megabus had a Glasgow-Newcastle haha.

[stronglead]

There is a reason why I drive at weekends and use trains, though try National Express they do cheap tickets, you could probably do it for 40-50 quid that way

[effiestephy]

If only I could drive. National Express was coming up around ?90, East Coast seems to be the cheapest so far, thanks though.

[stronglead]

Issue is Monday morning is always gonna cost aint it

[effiestephy]

Oh yes haha, it sucks. My train home from Preston last night only cost ?3, Virgin through Megabus, hence why I think Megabus should do a Glasgow - Newcastle route.

[Ducki52]

Are you eligible for some sort of railcard? And to be honest I would go with what your old dear has said, travel down the night before, kip in travel inn, and rock up at the interview fresh as a daisy. Theres also the plus that you're not flapping about missed connections or delayed trains, and if you book travel now on an advance ticket it will be way cheap.

[stronglead]

Yeah I use my car ?20 each way in diesel so I can't complain and going the night before isn't a bad idea

[DaveThePlumber]

Iv applied for my engineering cadetship for Maersk scored 55% 88% and 86% on my 3 Maths tests don't no if that is a pass. Haven't heard back n everyone else seems to have got there emails so I must have failed but if it's not a fail and I'm that day I'd gladly drive you down n split the costs !

[danking]

Iv applied for my engineering cadetship for Maersk scored 55% 88% and 86% on my 3 Maths tests don't no if that is a pass. Haven't heard back n everyone else seems to have got there emails so I must have failed but if it's not a fail and I'm that day I'd gladly drive you down n split the costs !

I did pretty well on the Maths tests but haven't heard anything yet either. Hopefully we are on the Maersk "to do list" for tomorrow.

[Chiefy]

As some one mentioned book train now on trainline.com should be very cheap, I used to get Hull-->Glasgow 1st class for less than paying on the day for Standard Class.....god knows how that works but, need to book about 2 weeks to 10 days out, though it does tie you to certain trains / times etc, but still you get the gist

[thegeneralspecific]

Aw I'm going down from Glasgow, but my interviews the 17th! Anyway, I found the trains to be pretty good. I'm looking at two different options but both are around ?30 for a return, down on the 16th and back on the 17th. I just went through scotrail but will probably be because I have a young persons railcard and thats its a thurs/fri. I know someone else has already said this but might be worth getting a railcard? Always handy to have anyway. Good luck!!