Re:UK Rail services to come under unified state control
by chanc3e on Thursday May 20, 2021 @05:34AM
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They are high.
I had to get from the West, to London, and then to the north last week.
Wiltshire to London: ~100miles, £24
London to Derbyshire: ~120miles, £158
I'd like to give the benefit of the doubt about peak times, but I started my journey at 10:30am. The prices make no sense; unless viewed through the private entities ability to gouge.
Whenever I'm in Europe and buy a ticket I spend an extra 20secs at the ticket machine thinking I've made a currency conversion badly before realising, no, European trains are great value and UK trains are an exercise in exploiting a captive market.
I had to get from the West, to London, and then to the north last week.
Wiltshire to London: ~100miles, £24 London to Derbyshire: ~120miles, £158
I'd like to give the benefit of the doubt about peak times, but I started my journey at 10:30am. The prices make no sense; unless viewed through the private entities ability to gouge.
Whenever I'm in Europe and buy a ticket I spend an extra 20secs at the ticket machine thinking I've made a currency conversion badly before realising, no, European trains are great value and UK trains are an exercise in exploiting a captive market.