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Until 18th August you can get 50% off Virgin East Coast trains for travel between 5th September – 4th November (excluding 21st-30th October).

There are 500,000 seats on sale, with all destinations on the route eligible for the discount.

The fares are genuinely excellent, for example:

• Newcastle to Edinburgh from just £5.05 each way
• London King’s Cross to Leeds from just £7.25 each way
• Edinburgh to London King’s Cross from just £12.50 each way

You can’t get a railcard discount on top, but £7.25 between Leeds and London is cheap enough!

Bonus: You can also earn triple Nectar Points on these fares through the Nectar app.