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Title: Splitting tickets and with route changes Post by: grahame on January 08, 2017, 08:18:10 From the Torquay Herald Express (http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/student-creates-formula-to-halve-cost-of-train-ticket-to-south-devon/story-30036552-detail/story.html)
Quote A DEVON university graduate took on Britain's confusing train ticketing system and managed to halve the cost of his journey – but only with a series of complex calculations and some brain-taxing route planning. Andy Horton, 22, got fed up paying the full price for "daft" rail fares when he travelled from his home in Hampshire to visit his girlfriend Lucinda in Ivybridge. His frustration boiled over on Christmas Eve when he decided to sit down and work out the cheapest way of getting from A-B. After an hour of calculations, and exhaustively researching alternative routes, what he came out with was a whiteboard full of sums and diagrams that look like it might have been part of a mathematics lecture. Andy, now a telecoms analyst, was eventually able to knock off £32.15 off the normal fare of £69.65 – showing that it can be worth the effort working out cheaper if you want to save money travelling by rail. Article Continues ... Title: Re: Splitting tickets and with route changes Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 09, 2017, 00:06:27 Lucinda in Ivybridge is clearly worth all that effort: my very best wishes to both of you. ;) :D ;D
Title: Re: Splitting tickets and with route changes Post by: grahame on January 09, 2017, 00:32:16 Lucinda in Ivybridge is clearly worth all that effort: my very best wishes to both of you. ;) :D ;D Andy and Lucinda are pictured in the Plymouth Herald (http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/plymouth-graduate-s-complex-calculation-halved-his-rail-fare-on-trip-back-to-girlfriend/story-30031352-detail/story.html) .. a page revealed by a Google image search for "Lucinda Ivybridge" This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |