Travel Costs (Train)

[Mr Skrunts]

Just been planning a journey from Kings Cross to Retford/Doncaster

if traveled at 7pm train fare is quoted £127 (and maybe crowded)

Journey north it seems no stop at Retford, so extra cost for 2nd train journey from Doncaster to Retford.
if traveled at 8pm train fare quoted is £31.08

Also its a 15 interval service changing to every to every 30 minutes in the evening, bet service than our our buses into local towns.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I try to avoid public transport as much as is humanly possible, be it train or bus.

Was it not possible to use the mighty Omega, Skruntie?

[Marks DTM Calib]

I rarely use the train, its more expensive than car hire and fuel 

[Mr Skrunts]

Not for me 

Tis for GF after she arrives at Heathrow

I have not been on a train since 1992 and cant remember when I last traveled by bus, maybe 90/91

[TheBoy]

Go pick her up in the car.

I suffer trains because my short sighted, dim-witted company doesn't like car travel. So in their minds it better for me to have a hire car to go to the train station 15 miles away, then pay Chiltern £100 for a ticket to travel and park, then bring hire car home.  Despite the fact it's cheaper and quicker to drive, paying for Khan the Khunt's taxes and London parking....

[Doctor Gollum]

Go pick her up in the car.

I suffer trains because my short sighted, dim-witted company doesn't like car travel. So in their minds it better for me to have a hire car to go to the train station 15 miles away, then pay Chiltern £100 for a ticket to travel and park, then bring hire car home.  Despite the fact it's cheaper and quicker to drive, paying for Khan the Khunt's taxes and London parking....

That sounds about as retarded as the quest for sustainable aviation when all the waste off a flight has to be incenerated because "it's contaminated"

[Mr Skrunts]

Same thing with flight costs

Raised at holiday times etc.

But a friend found out that when he either booked a flight or drove to Germany to see his GF prices rose at holiday times but if she booked for his trip from Germany no price hikes at all for either flight or tunnel bookings.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I think the last time I used the train was the sleeper from London to Inverness.

The train was old and creaky, not to mention filthy. The bar consisted of a few tins of beer priced about a fiver a tin.

The Orient Express it was not....

[TheBoy]

I think the last time I used the train was the sleeper from London to Inverness.

The train was old and creaky, not to mention filthy. The bar consisted of a few tins of beer priced about a fiver a tin.

The Orient Express it was not....

Sounds like luxury compared to the Chiltern Slug....

[Andy B]

2 years ago we travelled to London from Manchester. Each ticket was almost £40 each way (off peak) far easier than driving & no parking at the other end. That was the 1st time I'd been on a train though for years other than the tram into or from Manchester.

[Doctor Gollum]

Just drive down and pick her up. Or let her figure it out.

[Lizzie Zoom]

I have a lifelong love for trains, since 1958, especially those pulled by a steam engine, or a Deltic diesel!

But the modern trains are also a great way to travel long distances, which I have done for work and pleasure over many years.  However, have had no need to use them in recent times  as I just do not need to travel far, and using the Omega is so easy for most journeys.  Only used steam preservation trains in the last 3 years.  I have now no idea on the costs of going by train, even to London, and can only remember that my season ticket for commuting from the Midlands to London, which I did for two years, in the early noughties, cost about £3,500 per annum.  Bet it is far more than that now!

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I have a lifelong love for trains, since 1958, especially those pulled by a steam engine, or a Deltic diesel!

But the modern trains are also a great way to travel long distances, which I have done for work and pleasure over many years.  However, have had no need to use them in recent times  as I just do not need to travel far, and using the Omega is so easy for most journeys.  Only used steam preservation trains in the last 3 years.  I have now no idea on the costs of going by train, even to London, and can only remember that my season ticket for commuting from the Midlands to London, which I did for two years, in the early noughties, cost about £3,500 per annum.  Bet it is far more than that now!

Was this iconic loco also a 2 stroke?

[Mr Skrunts]

With all the apps online for deals and comparing travel there are some good offers to travel.

I had a look into a visit to Edinburgh by train but at £157+ PP I thought the the run up through Jedburgh would be nicer in the Omega.

When I came off the search link Google was showing the same trip on an add for £15 after discounts.

So some good deals out there.

Am wanting a few days days away and do some sight seeing so maybe will be looking on the google again for some nice B&B by the coast or in the country side.

Maybe a drive up Past Newcastle, then through the National Parks to Edinburgh maybe onto Aberdeen, then go west maybe to Glasgow and the return South.

I have relatives in Newcastle & Aberdeen so maybe some catching up to be done.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Our local train line is the South Western Trains Exeter St Davids to London Waterloo, and it's pretty good to be honest. Although expect to pay £85-95 for a day return to Waterloo.  

Doesn't seem long ago that it was about £25!     

Under the tutelage of British Rail the line was downgraded to single track from Salisbury down, and trains used to run every other hour either way and they were always late as they had to wait in a siding somewhere for the train coming the other way to pass. After privatisation, the line was re-dueled, stations were upgraded and restored, and the trains now run every hour on the hour each way. 

South Western Trains was recently nationalised, so I fully expect the service to decline, prices to go up even more and the sandwiches will be stale. Sigh...