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Train fares to London
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Lord Bracknell
On fire
As a daily user of Southern's services on the Coastway East route, I pronounce myself very satisfied with reliability, punctuality, comfort, price and the quality of information available to passengers.well played.
It seems the only people who have something positive to say are those who work for them (any of the *******s) and presumably they get free travel.
Try the local trains around Manchester or Sheffield and you'll have something to complain about.
HawkTheSeagull
New member
Some of the trains up there, quite literally, are buses with railway wheel-sets attached to the bottom - a million miles worse than what Southern have !!
Compared to FCCs old shoeboxes though......
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Back in the mid-eighties, I had the dubious pleasure of attending the launch of the first Pacer Class 141 contraptions to enter service on behalf of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive. Even before it went into passenger service, it was uncomfortable, noisy and prone to break down. The folk from the PTE and British Rail made a valiant attempt to talk up the project during the ride, but none of us on board could hear what they were saying. And the seats were unbelievably uncomfortable.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
It's called the 'Southern Saver' or if you prefer the 'FCC Saver', the Southern Saver includes the buses on B&H as per a normal saver plus train travel on Southern trains for the day (off peak restrictions) Monday to Friday but none on weekends/Bank Holidays. It's cracking value for £14 if you have to catch a bus to the station and want to go to Southampton or Victoria for the day. Just ask the bus driver on your first bus for it, no bookings or anything required in advance but you can only buy it on the bus.
FCC saver is similar but costs £18 and is valid between Brighton and Bedford.
As Ernest has pointed out, there are cheap fares to and from London out there, but only if you travel to arrive after 10am (I think?).
Every time I book to come home from Uni I always ensure I book well in advance. For example yesterday I came back down south for Easter, and the Victoria to Brighton train cost me £3 (with Railcard), on the day if i'd have walked up and paid it would've cost me north of £20.
Every time I book to come home from Uni I always ensure I book well in advance. For example yesterday I came back down south for Easter, and the Victoria to Brighton train cost me £3 (with Railcard), on the day if i'd have walked up and paid it would've cost me north of £20.
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Was impressed with Virgin trains to Liverpool last year, for the FAC game.
Despite the disparate and old nature of Britain's train system, that was a remarkably quick service, on time, clean, nice seat sizes, polite staff.
Despite the disparate and old nature of Britain's train system, that was a remarkably quick service, on time, clean, nice seat sizes, polite staff.
Butch Willykins
Well-known member
A Travelcard from Hove to London, arriving before 10am, is £52.30. Absolute Joke. I honestly cannot think of anything which represents worse value for money.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
But if you are in the know you can knock at least £15/20 off it
But this is one of the major issues with the rail system. Why should you need to be in the know? Why cant they just sell the "in the know" price? It's so bloody diffucult and complicated.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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and if you arrive after 10am? half isnt it? called supply and demand.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
The FACTS are out there and can be found if you can be bothered to look. Sometimes it works out cheaper to buy 2 tickets rather than one.
I'm not disputing the facts are out there but some of the ways to get cheaper tickets are just plain bizarre. I recall a broadsheet's part serious part humorous guide to rail ticketing a few years back and some of it was just plain crazy and nonsensical. Things like buying 12 tickets instead of 1 was the cheapest deal. The crowning glory was an inter-city return which was made cheaper by buying a season ticket for a service on the isle of white; something to do with all season tickets giving you certain discounts on the rail system as a whole. ****ing crazy. Why don't they just factor all this shit into the tickets in the first place?
And as I said to a stroppy Southern guard last week who got the hump because I inadvertently swore when talking to him about his utterly shit service, "you are defending the indefensible."
I often see the demand of rail travel. It's the supply bit they struggle with.
I can. A longer journey.
Prices are bizarre. Cost me £4.95 last Saturday from Milton Keynes to Brighton. Made the victory over Palace even sweeter.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
You are right, but privatisation was never about what is best for the customer but for the shareholder. Anyway your newsagents has reopened on Church Road
Butch Willykins
Well-known member
Is it though? The train is going to leave the station whether there is 1 person or 100 people paying to get on it.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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8:30am it will be at the higher end of that range, so they can charge more. 9:30,the lower end since as you say they'll be going through the station anyway, charge less. do you see?