WTF is wrong with train fares??!?!?

[Scottybuzz]

I tried to visit a friend today from london to york, single, 9.00am and at first i thought she said £17 and was about to put my card in and then i thought hang on say that again. I mistook it and it was actully £73!! :noway2:

Wtf is wrong and why are they having to charge those insane prices, I thought that £25 was loads for my normal route once in a while, but 73 for a single that lasts 2 hours?! I might aswell get a plane there.

complaint over. fuck the trains.

[Scottybuzz]

oh yeh i refused to pay out of pure hatred. and said i would catch the bus later on in the month.

[Jase]

I use trains all the time and the costs are mad - Nottingham to London return is something stupid like £150. Its no wonder people drive - good fucking job Im on expenses............

[psl]

I get the train to London Village about 6 or 7 times a month
and never pay more than £50-£75 return,but then I do get
Head Northern Northern Monkey discount:noway2:

[Jase]

I get the train to London Village about 6 or 7 times a month
and never pay more than £50-£75 return,but then I do get
Head Northern Northern Monkey discount:noway2:

You must travel cattle class and in the middle of the day to get those sorts of prices mate lol

[dvtimes]

yes its stupid

after all what is the cost of running a train?

1 driver, and say 3 staff, plus fuel, plus a bit to the line firm.

a leeds to london train must easily hold 500 people if not more.

but if your getting a ticket, book in advance. also two singles can work out cheaper than a return.

but do what i do, get on train, hide in toiletwhen you see the conductor.

[Jase]

yes its stupid

after all what is the cost of running a train?

1 driver, and say 3 staff, plus fuel, plus a bit to the line firm.

a leeds to london train must easily hold 500 people if not more.

but if your getting a ticket, book in advance. also two singles can work out cheaper than a return.

but do what i do, get on train, hide in toiletwhen you see the conductor.

Why is it train toilets always stink and you can smell it through the whole carriage? I would rather pay double than have to hide in there!

[psl]

You must travel cattle class and in the middle of the day to get those sorts of prices mate lol


No not really, leave anyime after 8 and return antime after 3.30.
I wouldn't pay the first class prices they won't so I travel with
the workers, unless of course I can blag an upgrade.:P

[AllRuth]

No not really, leave anyime after 8 and return antime after 3.30.
I wouldn't pay the first class prices they won't so I travel with
the workers, unless of course I can blag an upgrade.:P

Upgrades to first class are usually only £10 with Virgin (once you're on the train) :)

[psl]

Upgrades to first class are usually only £10 with Virgin (once you're on the train) :)

Sshh, don't tell everyone the place will be full of riff raff.:noway2:

[AllRuth]

Sshh, don't tell everyone the place will be full of riff raff.:noway2:

:noway2: Oops

[SimonD]

My last model came from Glasgow to Shrewsbury and it cost under £30 return on Virgin, booked in advance and travel out of peak hours is the key.

That said, I have a few models quoting over £100 to get to me from London, naturally I won't pay it, but what shocks me is there must be people that do pay those rates!

[AllRuth]

My last model came from Glasgow to Shrewsbury and it cost under £30 return on Virgin, booked in advance and travel out of peak hours is the key.

That said, I have a few models quoting over £100 to get to me from London, naturally I won't pay it, but what shocks me is there must be people that do pay those rates!

Stingy :P They just overquote you cos they don't like your latest model release clauses. Or maybe it's cos you keep your Babycham to yourself :alc:

[SimonD]

Stingy :P They just overquote you cos they don't like your latest model release clauses. Or maybe it's cos you keep your Babycham to yourself :alc:

What's wrong with my model release clause?????

Doesnt everyone have a POV fisting is compulsery clause? :scooby-doo:

[Jason]

and i used to complain about the train prices in sweden.... but england is just ridiculous :(

[Guest]

I use trains all the time and the costs are mad - Nottingham to London return is something stupid like £150. Its no wonder people drive - good fucking job Im on expenses............

A Nottingham to London return is £50, provided you leave Nottingham after 9am.

[Guest]

That said, I have a few models quoting over £100 to get to me from London, naturally I won't pay it, but what shocks me is there must be people that do pay those rates!

London to Shrewsbury return is £54 if you leave after 9am, but if you want to leave before 9am then the standard-class fare ranges from £152 to £194, which is a royal pisstake.

[dvtimes]

it is much cheaper to rent a car for the day.

in fact its more sensable to rent a car as then you can go direct to your location so not just saving cash, but time too. and if there is a few of you, even better.

in fact if there is a few of you it can work out cheaper to hire a helicopter.

[Paul Markham]

I'm flying from Brno to Stansted return for about 60 quid, the train fare from Stansted into London is 40 quid I think. Madness.

[dvtimes]

I'm flying from Brno to Stansted return for about 60 quid, the train fare from Stansted into London is 40 quid I think. Madness.i bety trains are cheaper in the chex republic.

[Paul Markham]

i bety trains are cheaper in the chex republic.
I don't know. Last time I went to Budapast I went by train first class. Eva books these things. Probably $100 return. 200 miles I think.

[Jase]

A Nottingham to London return is £50, provided you leave Nottingham after 9am.

Im always travelling peak times and leaving at 7am etc so I pay through the nose but its still over priced anyway - if they want to encourage people out of their cars and into public transport make it cheaper, not more expensive.

[S.D.]

It would also be bloody usefull if "Virgin Trains" bog doors couldn't be opened by someone waiting outside to go in next whilst you're still in there yourself, knob in hand, having a piss.....cunts !!!

[SGS]

It would also be bloody usefull if "Virgin Trains" bog doors couldn't be opened by someone waiting outside to go in next whilst you're still in there yourself, knob in hand, having a piss.....cunts !!!

a piss? ;)

[Jase]

It would also be bloody usefull if "Virgin Trains" bog doors couldn't be opened by someone waiting outside to go in next whilst you're still in there yourself, knob in hand, having a piss.....cunts !!!

Oohh I will have to remember that next time some fit chick goes in just before me :cheer:

[S.D.]

a piss? ;)

:blush:

[S.D.]

I'll explain exactly what happened to me whilst travelling from Manchester back to London a while back.

Bursting for the bog I qued up & eventually it was my turn to enter the semi circular, high tech facility. There's a series of buttons on the outside you need to press to open the door, however, as someone had just come out prior to me entering then no need to press sod all, just enter & the door closes behind you, great I thought, at last.

So, away I go with all the associated sighs & sense of relief that these situations bring, about half way through the fucking high tech hydrolic sound goes & to my utter amazement some woman is standing in the carrigeway staring at me in total disbeleif, our eyes met & I had a split second choice, push myself up against the loo wall to cover my embarrasement & try to stop the action (Impossible for most blokes) or turn around & run to the stupid control panel that the flid designers place on the opposite wall, well & truely out of arms reach, I dont know what happend but the door then shut (I can only imagine that the Woman outside hit a button) needless to say I was fumming about it, I probably had needed to press something or other on entering but was at breaking point & didn't imagine that such a situation could occur.

I was going to write to the great bearded one & complain but couldn't be arsed by the time I got home.

I guess the above was Karma revenge for having "decorated" the interior of a bog on a National Express coach one month prior (Not my fucking fault though is it if the driver wants to go flying round a bloody roundabout)

[xcite-tv]

I get the train to London Village about 6 or 7 times a month
and never pay more than £50-£75 return,but then I do get
Head Northern Northern Monkey discount:noway2:

But you are travelling from Manchester... its only cheaper as everyone want to leave and the trains are full.... :P

Not happy with this thread as we (three of us) have to get a train from London to York on Monday and cant take the car

[psl]

But you are travelling from Manchester... its only cheaper as everyone want to leave and the trains are full.... :P

Not happy with this thread as we (three of us) have to get a train from London to York on Monday and cant take the car


1st Class I hope?

[SGS]

1st Class I hope?

Do they still have steerage?

[xcite-tv]

1st Class I hope?

Even 1st class is a shite way to travel and at just under £700 for two to travel from London to York its not going to happen...

You could buy Yorkshire for just under £700

[psl]

Even 1st class is a shite way to travel and at just under £700 for two to travel from London to York its not going to happen...

You could buy Yorkshire for just under £700

You could get a taxi there and back with waiting time for far less.

btw if you buy Yorkshire I'll give you £50 for Harrogate.

[smoothballs]

used to know someone who was a train driver and he told me, and dont know if its different now, but when Railtrack was around they would charge the train operating companies something like £30,000 per mile to use their tracks/routes...should of stayed as British Rail!