Let the train take the strain

This must be embarrassing! Network Rail sends staff by air because it's cheaper and quicker than by train.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...per-train.html

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It was on the Welsh news the other day..
They said that for the price of a train ticket from Cardiff to London you could fly to New York and back 3 times!!!

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Daughter went to London Thursday for business ( just for the day ) and I collected her from the station and chatting I asked how much that cost ... Day return to London from warrington was £370 so imagine mum dad and two kids decided to go to the capitol city for the day ... would be over £1000 !!!

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And they could have a week in Spain for that!
All inclusive to boot

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Train fares are outrageous .
There is no question of spontaneity about travel anymore .
You get them a little less ( not much) if you book weeks ahead .

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Not everyone can decide weeks in advance to use the train so that is just a red herring the train companies throw out there to say they do indeed offer value for money but real world says differently as we all know

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I quite agree .
I believe we should nationalise the railways .
They should IMO be a public service not a cash cow for the like s of Richard Branson .

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Let’s go to London for the weekend Rhian , take in a show , stay the night , a museum or two and head home ... let’s leave the car and take the train ....

One phone call to ticket office later .... erm Rhian how about we have a week in Spain instead as I can’t afford a weekend on the train !!!


Worlds gone nuts!

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There is always National Express not as comfortable as the train but a fraction of the price .

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I must admit to avoiding London , refuse any work I get that takes me there to be honest but if I did have to go then I’d drive , park on the outskirts and take the tube rather than train or fly these days however my daughter as she’s not paying is doing London at least once a week lately and I can only imagine by the end of the year she could have bought a new car for the ticket fee