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This is one website that I have used many times over the years and have never had any problems, which is why I use it time and time again to book my train tickets. For this reason I thought I would tell others about it and save them the hassle of doing what I use to do and going in to the local ticket office and holding up the que whilst waiting for the conductor to find the cheapest journey just for the computer to crash or the machine to run out of paper!

THE WEBSITE (http://www.qjump.co.uk/)
The website is very easy to navigate your way around and the home page shows you everything you will need to know before you begin booking or looking up train times and has a quick timetable lookup at the side of the page. It also provides you with five top tips to booking your tickets. Pay attention to these because they will save you money. There are also links to websites to book a hotel and to book trains across Europe.

STATION LOOKUP
There is a very handy feature that you can go on to from the home page. If you dont know which train station is nearest for example the attraction you want to visit then you can just lookup the attraction and it will tell you which station to get the train to. For example if you type in Alton Towers it will tell you Stafford is the nearest station. I have never had any security issues with the website either.

TIMETABLE LOOKUP
Once you have entered in your train journey details the next page will display an easy to understand timetable with all possible trains around the time you requested for your journey. It will tell you how many changes you will need to make, how long it takes and the start and finish time of the journey. You can then click on view details and it will break the journey so you know all the details of the journey including what train company you will be travelling with.

BOOKING A TICKET
Once you have found the journey you want to make from the timetable lookup you then just need to fill in the details of the passenger E.g. how many people and if you have any discount rail cards. You can also ask to avoid certain stations or go via a specific station. This is a very handy feature if you want to meet a friend on the train who has boarded a few stations before you.
The next screen that will load will be where you choose specifically which train you want to get and displaying all the different types of tickets available for that journey. If you have asked for a return ticket, I always find it much cheaper to get two singles. You can change your ticket type to two singles on this screen, qjump will suggest that its cheaper and just click on that link. You can then mix and match your outgoing and home journey to get the best deal. For example on my last trip I made, the cheapest return ticket was about £80. I then looked at two singles and got a ticket for £42.
Once you have chosen your tickets you can go ahead and pay for your ticket. You can choose seats facing a specific direction, or leave it to them, which is what I always do.

Then all you need to do is pay for the ticket. There is a fee for postage and packaging. If you just choose the normal post it costs £2. My tickets have always arrived on time and been correct. There is also a next day delivery option but obviously that costs more. There is also another option to pick up your ticket from a fast track machine.
You will need to join the site so you can go ahead and book your ticket. This is free and you dont need to give any bank details, just name, address and email address.

I hope my advice about qjump helps anyone wondering which website to use when they want to book a ticket. I have used many methods of booking tickets before and used other websites such as virgin, but this is by far the best website.