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Author Since when have trains become MEGA expensive??
Whittie
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23rd Aug 11 at 13:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Going down to London from Llandudno in a few weeks (6th) and just had a look at prices and times etc to buy tickets in advance....

£66 single, £520 return Not even a weekend, its on a Tuesday!

Oh and First Class Business is £784

Was expecting £150 max, but £520, could probably pay a taxi driver to get it less, or even a trip to airport, fly there and back and drive home wouldn't be much more than a few hundred. Where do they come up with their prices?





[Edited on 23-08-2011 by Whittie]
DanCobb
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23rd Aug 11 at 13:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
When i used to go to college by train it used to cost £10.00, that was for a 20 min journey , child.
Scotty_B
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Can't you buy two singles?
SXi_Tim
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They have been for a bit now. Sheffield to London was nearly £100 for me last year. Aren't they hiking the fares up again soon aswell?
adiohead
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Train wanker!
spencer88
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23rd Aug 11 at 13:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Edit- Went wrong, but I have a price of £75 return


[Edited on 23-08-2011 by spencer88]
mwg
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23rd Aug 11 at 13:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Off peak return £74.80
spencer88
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23rd Aug 11 at 13:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mwg uses trainline also
sc0ott
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23rd Aug 11 at 13:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Trains have always been expensive.
spencer88
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23rd Aug 11 at 13:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
Trains have always been expensive.


Yee, but he doesn't want a whole one, just a seat.
adiohead
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I hate the way your trousers smell after using a train.
BluKoo
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Trains are proper shit these days.

Me and a mate were gonna get a train down to birmingham at the weekend, but it was going to be £115 each.

Found out its cheaper to fly. Only £52 each.

[Edited on 23-08-2011 by BluKoo]
Whittie
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23rd Aug 11 at 13:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sorted for less than £140, boooom.
spencer88
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Well ye, me and mwg got it for £75
Sam
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23rd Aug 11 at 13:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Peak time costs I imagine.

Do the journey after 10am and I bet it'll be less.
A2H GO
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We usually go from Stoke to London for about £8. Londonmidland trains FTW.
mwg
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I do think they are expensive though. But the alternatives are spending probably twice as long in the car or 3 times as long sat on a crappy bus or flying down but then having to get transport to and from the airport at both ends anyway
AlunJ
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I work for a train company and I do most of my travelling in the company car as it's quicker
Kerry
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whats interesting is that your battery dropped 7% in 18 minutes

in fact its 2 different phones
AlunJ
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that's some clever shit right there kerry
adiohead
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whittie is Jimmy Bennett!
MarkSport
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quote:
Originally posted by spencer88
quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
Trains have always been expensive.


Yee, but he doesn't want a whole one, just a seat.


mwg
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23rd Aug 11 at 14:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Kerry
whats interesting is that your battery dropped 7% in 18 minutes

in fact its 2 different phones


busted!
Whittie
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quote:
Originally posted by Kerry
whats interesting is that your battery dropped 7% in 18 minutes

in fact its 2 different phones


It had risen in 18 mins not dropped. Changed the sim card in it, as I lost it on Saturday at the races and was using a spare untill o2 sorted it. All sorted now though
mwg
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multiple sim cards = dodgyness

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