18 May
2010
18 May
'10
1:40 a.m.
On 18/05/10 08:38, Andrew Back wrote:
I've been getting London<-> Leeds single
tickets via the East Coast website
for 10 - 15 each way if I book advance, non-flexible tickets. And I can't
remember precisely how much a London to Bletchley day return is, but it's
somewhere around 20, maybe less if you can advance book.
Based on what thetrainline.com and nationalrail.co.uk are spitting out,
the cheapest fare available is the ?76 "advance off-peak return". Any
other type of ticket just sends the price off into the stratosphere;
e.g. a standard off-peak day return is ?170!
Seriously, I could probably get a return plane ticket to a very nice
European city for that, and still have change left over for a reasonably
nice hotel room... As I said before, something's wrong when it costs
more to go by train than by plane. (not that British Rail ticketing
wasn't mad, but it does seem that since the privatisation it's gotten
MUCH worse).
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/