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What tickets were you looking at? I've had a look and booking a train for 14th Sept 18:00 (Kings X - Newcastle) with a return the next day at the same time, co
by pasture 5y ago
What tickets were you looking at?
I've had a look and booking a train for 14th Sept 18:00 (Kings X - Newcastle) with a return the next day at the same time, costs £112.60 (£74.25 with a railcard).
That brings it a lot closer to the petrol price, but also gives you the advantage of not having to bother concentrating on the road and finding a place to park.
- mattlondon 5y ago11:27 Mon 6th £316.50 return.
- pmyteh 5y agoYou shouldn't be paying that. The highest price flexible tickets in standard class (£169 each way) are only needed if you're traveling in the peak, which in the morning leaving London stops at 9:06am. So you should be paying the super offpeak fare for that journey (£76.20 each way). There are also sometimes fixed-time Advance single tickets from £20 or so upwards, though nothing on Monday. That having been said, the British railway ticketing system is crazily complicated, and getting a ticket at a sane price is not at all straightforward. Fares can be restricted by route, by operating company, by class, by flexibility, by validity length, and by departure or arrival time. There are 113 different fares listed from London to Newcastle, most of which will not be available for any given departure[0]. You can also do fun(?) things by using a combination of tickets to and from intermediate stations[1], which on some journeys can save guineas. [0]: https://www.brfares.com/!fares?orig=KGX&dest=NCL https://www.brfares.com/!fares?orig=KGX&dest=NCL [1]: https://split.traintimes.org.uk https://split.traintimes.org.uk
- elicash 5y agoWhether you're alone or with a family has big impact on train/car price comparisons.