train prices to london.........yikes
 

so me and the mrs need to get to London on Friday to pick up her new civic type r, we never use public transport so imagine my horror when I check prices for us both.

I was expecting to pay around £20 each lol..............how wrong was I.

£130 for us both :mad:

really don't fancy driving down as the focus is using more oil than petrol at the minute and I'm not keen on running the impreza down there.

shows how out of touch I am with current prices

plan ahead and you pay less . . .

National Express.

just looking at that but I really struggle with leg room so not sure 4 hours on a coach is ideal

Do you both have to go?

Also, do a few searches on t'internet, I once got a Virgin Cross Country fare down from £130 to £34 return, just by using Virgin's own site, and doing things like buying two singles instead of a return.

Trains v Car is all about economies of scale. Any time there is more than 1 person, a car will always be cheaper.

What's wrong with the Impreza? It's just a straight run down the M1.

nothing wrong with it really just @ 6ft 8" its not a comfy car for me lol

That begs a somewhat more fundamental question....

???

Trainsplit
 

Raileasy.co.uk.
Split tickets normally cheaper....

booking way in advance is the big saver though.

wait till You entry type r:p

I luv the new type r’s. What colour did she go for ? My missus has a new civic but couldn’t persuade her to get a type r :lol1:

Believe it or not it's often much cheaper and quicker to fly than take the train. I picked up a car in Scotland not too long ago only cost me about 40 quid and a crate of beer for a lift to the airport and train fare was nearly 80 and 3 times the time to get there. Seller picked me up at airport happy days.

How they can justify train fares is beyond me

From Hinckley?

Maybe if he's Allan Sugar

Lol

Definitely something wrong with trains; I can fly from Newquay to Edinburgh for £35, or Lanzarote from Exeter for 65 return. The world's gone mad

Supply and demand: Over the past few decades more and more people have decided to work in London as the wages are higher, along with big paying employers who insist on setting up base there. Creating a influx of commuters living outside where property is cheaper and business overheads lower, therefore overloading the transport infrastructures: The roads clogged up first and excessive parking/congestion charges (as well as traffic) pushed them all onto trains all of which has pretty much zero capacity expansion.

As mentioned you can get cheaper tickets if you go off-peak, ticket split or drive part way and just use the train for the last bit; Just pick your stations wisely.

Heading into london today from devon for a conference got my ticket weeks ago, 1st class return it was about 60 quid.

Try doing this -

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...ing-TRAIN.html

:p

do a one-way car hire........

i came back from heathrow on one, never ever again, most uncomfortable seats known to man and inside was hotter than india which i had just come back from :o

Megabus

Easy drive from Hinckley to MK, then 35 mins on the train into Euston. Return into Euston is about £50 peak, £25 off peak

sorry I meant its new to her not a new typr r, its a 2009 fn2 type r in silver from a Honda dealership, only got 40k on the clock and comes with 2 years Honda warranty

11 year warranty ? wow

Probably paid/offered by the dealer that sells the car and not the OEM.