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How much is a train ticket down there?
AyrAlex (AyrAlex) wrote in message ...
I just wondered, as I seem to remember an off-peak half single from London to Dover costing a lot of money back in 2001. On top of the large cost, I had to change at Chatham, and the train split in two at Faversham. The trains were all very old and slam-door. Now it seems that for about a quarter of what I paid then, I can get a single for 45-odd miles from Ayr to Glasgow, in under an hour, without changing trains, and on a lovely, nice, new (but a bit dodgy) Alstom Juniper for £5.30. How to train fares there mount up? PS: A peak return from Ayr to Glasgow is considerably more at £9.10 In the South East of England market forces decide the train fares and so they can charge as much as they think they can get away with without the SRA whining at them. And also trains in South East tend to be packed full or at least half full a majority of the time and so it makes sense to charge high fares as the high level of demand shows people either are willing to pay it or have no viable alternative. However in Scotland there are busy routes on the trains but the majority of train routes are pretty quiet. So if they charged fares simliar to South East no-one would use the trains. Also Scotrail recives a subsidy far higher than anywhere else. Infact in some parts of Scotland in a pig headed determination to keep rail lines open that are never used. It has been proven that the level of subsidy recived per passenger using the train lines. It would infact be cheaper to hire a stretch limo and drive them to their destination and give the driver a small but reasonable tip. |
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How much is a train ticket down there?
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