Swansea to London train ticket
We laughed at Rishi Sunak going everywhere by helicopter but now we realise he was just taking the cheaper option
We laughed at Rishi Sunak going everywhere by helicopter but now we realise he was just taking the cheaper option
Comments
Other countries have cheap, fast trains, why can't UK manage it ?
And other advantages.
If we lose it we can always make more money. We can't make more environment.
(I was travelling on a flex ticket bought on the day, but it was a single from Edinburgh to Bath. Which costs £10 more than the London to Bath single)
You could probably buy the Interrail pass and just use day 1 of that to get there and back although the ticket inspectors could potentially get arsey about it
The dog is losing hope. The people have already lost it.
Takes about five hours.
It's up there with the constantly moving "price cap" on energy bills.
Sell cars and fuel = drive growth and tax revenue.
Social cost of motoring ignored, obvs.
“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.” - Gustavo Petro
And they said brexit was a clusterf**k...
https://youtu.be/HScWSuCag-U?si=De1vG45I83hCuD6M
Vehicles = Planes cost more and are more costly to maintain.
Staffing = Planes have more staff and they are paid more.
On those two factors, it's inexplicable how trains cost more per trip.
Swansea to London by train:
300km, £305, 2hr 47min
Tokyo to Nagoya by train:
347km, £60.50*, 1hr 35 min
*This is always the price (¥11,500) any time of day. You can rock up and buy a ticket just before.
653km, £50, 6hr 55 minutes, but you can buy beers.
400+ km, 49.90 €, 4hr 34 min
(cheaper early booking prices)
Ian, who is thinking of the shareholders in these difficult times?
And @seanjones.org may wish to avoid trips involving Swansea too 👆
https://bsky.app/profile/seanjones.org/post/3lbtu7tjdvk2f