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I got a return ticket from Tweedbank to Wick last year for £1 - just shy of 300 miles.
My plans changed but I still used it for a return trip to Edinburgh.
The cost of a single railway ticket.
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My plans changed but I still used it for a return trip to Edinburgh.
As he said, he's French, not only French but living in a foreign country and not only living in a foreign country but in Rhyl for farks sake. I think he's quite restrained really. Good job he doesn't order out for pizzas. We all know where that would go.
Cycleops
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- Accra, Ghana
You can get some bargains if you travel off peak. I recently travelled from London to Sheffield for £21 single first class, using Trainline.
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I think I'll piss
chriswoody
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- Northern Germany
Mmm I know our trains are cheaper than Britains, but that sounds a little too cheap. A quick check with Deutsche Bahn shows that Hannover to Köln, roughly the same distance, will cost me 125 Euros tomorrow. That's first class on an ICE, the high speed trains. Booking in advance really wouldn't reduce that by much. It's only about 85 km's to the Baltic from Hamburg as well. 300km will take almost the entire length of the coast.
One bargain though is my monthly travelcard that I pay 170 Euros for. For that price I do a 60km round trip on the train. It also covers the entire tram network in Hannover and evenings and weekends another adult can travel for free with me.
The other upside is the quality of our trains, certainly better than the British equivalent. Quite ironic given Deutsche Bahn also run services in Britain!
One bargain though is my monthly travelcard that I pay 170 Euros for. For that price I do a 60km round trip on the train. It also covers the entire tram network in Hannover and evenings and weekends another adult can travel for free with me.
The other upside is the quality of our trains, certainly better than the British equivalent. Quite ironic given Deutsche Bahn also run services in Britain!
snorri
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- East coast, up a bit.
We don't want any of these feel good stories here thank you Cycleops, this thread is strictly moanfest
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- The TerrorVortex
About 18 months ago we got first class tickets from Edinburgh to sunny Hertfordshire.
They gave us a three course meal and alcohol, and (obviously) carried us for 360 miles or so.
£40. Travel, food and getting pissed. £40, booking ahead.
And, getting from home to Swansea and back. £91.
Second class, granted, but that's a walk-up, flexible off-peak ticket. I could go and do that right this second.
They gave us a three course meal and alcohol, and (obviously) carried us for 360 miles or so.
£40. Travel, food and getting pissed. £40, booking ahead.
And, getting from home to Swansea and back. £91.
Second class, granted, but that's a walk-up, flexible off-peak ticket. I could go and do that right this second.
Glenn
Veteran
- Location
- Newport, shropshire
I travelled down to London last week on the 08.37 from Stafford with an open one month return for £39, To get into London around the same time from Telford was £202 return, I would like to know what justifies the price difference.
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Does the cost include the helicopter flight? Not sure I'd be confident they were spending much on maintenance for that price...
Garry A
Calibrating.....
- Location
- Grangemouth
It's our stations that are a disgrace. I went for a pee in Stirling station toilets, some manky git had choked the pan with s**t and bog roll and it was spilling over the floor.
I had to pee in the sink.
I had to pee in the sink.
Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Tin Pot
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£25 single from Hastings to Petts Wood two days ago.
~80km
As for pure greed, I can't be bothered to argue. Yes, the railway companies are rolling in piles of profits, laughing at customers and shareholders alike while they quaff champagne.
growingvegetables
Guru
- Location
- Leeds
I think I might be careful if I were you.
There must be countless threads on CC complaining about UK rail prices/pricing "policies", or offering advice on using split-ticketing, or a heads-up for FNRttC riders for cheap tickets.
Ah ... but this is a Frenchman here! Worse, a Frenchy living in Wales!
Have you ever seen so many posts in one thread extolling the easy bargains to be had on the British rail system?
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