Ridiculous Rail ticket pricing structure..
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Been getting a train from Farnborough to Basingstoke all week, £6.20 return, seems reasonable...
Only needed a one way ticket this morning, so I thought, it's clearly not going to be half the price, so I expected, £4, may be £5, but no.... £6.10, the discount for going one way as opposed to return.. 10p....
Roll on my car bing fixed....
Only needed a one way ticket this morning, so I thought, it's clearly not going to be half the price, so I expected, £4, may be £5, but no.... £6.10, the discount for going one way as opposed to return.. 10p....
Roll on my car bing fixed....
Went to Paris last year with wife and daughter. Thought it might be fun to go on the train. Feck that.
For less than the price of the rail fare alone, we drove (train through tunnel), stayed 2 nights in a cheap hotel, bought a new europe wide sat nav, parked, used the autoroutes and ate too.
Looking forward to doing it again.
Oh and a 5 mile bus ride off the island here cost near on £6 return.
For less than the price of the rail fare alone, we drove (train through tunnel), stayed 2 nights in a cheap hotel, bought a new europe wide sat nav, parked, used the autoroutes and ate too.
Looking forward to doing it again.
Oh and a 5 mile bus ride off the island here cost near on £6 return.
VeeFour said:
Just booked off-peak from Newport to Paddington.
Company only pays standard class - which was £59.
But the site I used offered a 1st class upgrade for 6 quid return.
Bizarre, but it would be rude not to. I hate travelling standard class.
Just travelled from London to Birmingham for work...Company only pays standard class - which was £59.
But the site I used offered a 1st class upgrade for 6 quid return.
Bizarre, but it would be rude not to. I hate travelling standard class.
Std class (one way) £42
First advance (one way) £38
Add in the free food, free drink, free wifi and not having to sit with Chavs it will be going through my expenses!
Pubic transport? Pish.
I tried to get on a bus in London and buy a one day pass for our of us Oh no, you can't buy one on the bus or even at the bus stop, you have to wander off somewhere else and buy one, but no-one seemed to know where.
Fine if you've got something called an "Oyster" but those of us who don't live in London don't have one.
I tried to get on a bus in London and buy a one day pass for our of us Oh no, you can't buy one on the bus or even at the bus stop, you have to wander off somewhere else and buy one, but no-one seemed to know where.
Fine if you've got something called an "Oyster" but those of us who don't live in London don't have one.
Puggit said:
So you don't use the Flytoget to get to work?
No, I get a call every other day from late staff due to that contraption.Top tip if you use it, buy a senior citizen ticket from the machine, that way your 19 minute journey (in theory) only costs £8. It's all automated, no checks.
Are you back upto gold yet ?
Its crap isnt it.
I like to catch the train to work with my bike, get off with about a 5 mile cycle to the office and then cycle the whole 20 miles home.
On the days I do that it costs me 10p less, plus, if I take advantage of that and its starts to pour with rain I have to pay double (all bar 20p).
Its crap.
I like to catch the train to work with my bike, get off with about a 5 mile cycle to the office and then cycle the whole 20 miles home.
On the days I do that it costs me 10p less, plus, if I take advantage of that and its starts to pour with rain I have to pay double (all bar 20p).
Its crap.
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