The price was just given as a comparison. A poorer person, who can't afford a car at all, has a £40 per-person advance-booked direct train as the optimum case.

The price was just given as a comparison. A poorer person, who can't afford a car at all, has a £40 per-person advance-booked direct train as the optimum case. Their real cost is likely to be more with connections, or the time could be a lot more with a bus (£15-20) instead.