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« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2009, 23:04:38 » |
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Paging TJ for his 'devil' smiley......
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« Reply #16 on: December 14, 2009, 20:20:41 » |
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Hmmm I dunno; Cardiff to London is a bit pricier than normal this weekend...
And I believe I'm paying extra for the privilege of sitting on a coach from Newport like some gone-off pensioner. Or is that over Christmas? I dunno.
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« Reply #17 on: December 14, 2009, 20:37:22 » |
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Gentlemen - I'm impressed!  Sexist! I did think to comment but then thought you had to be winding people up! |
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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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« Reply #18 on: December 14, 2009, 20:46:53 » |
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Sexist!
Far from it, FallenAngel! I made a point of checking that all the previous posts here were from chaps, before I made such a comment! There's no reason at all why some of our lady members of the forum shouldn't also post here, if they're similarly wound up by that Sunday People article ...   |
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« Reply #19 on: December 15, 2009, 13:38:18 » |
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Advance tickets are meant to be cheap(er) to fill trains when they are quiet....Christmas time is a popular time for travel & therefore don't expect a load of Advance fares to be available...
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« Reply #20 on: December 15, 2009, 17:15:10 » |
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If Xmas is a popular time to travel why all the engineering works. Surely they should provide reduced fares if planned engineering is occurring?
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« Reply #21 on: December 15, 2009, 17:36:32 » |
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If Xmas is a popular time to travel why all the engineering works. Surely they should provide reduced fares if planned engineering is occurring?
Because commuters would be up in arms if Network Rail decided to close the line into London on Monday morning! Most of them are bunking off during Christmas |
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« Reply #22 on: December 15, 2009, 17:43:48 » |
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If Xmas is a popular time to travel why all the engineering works. Surely they should provide reduced fares if planned engineering is occurring?
Because commuters would be up in arms if Network Rail decided to close the line into London on Monday morning! Most of them are bunking off during Christmas And disrupting commuter travel has a greater knock on effect for the wider economy, much more so than disrupting elective leisure travel. |
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« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2009, 12:24:15 » |
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If Xmas is a popular time to travel why all the engineering works. Surely they should provide reduced fares if planned engineering is occurring? They do - many TOCS don't charge peak fares twixt Christmas & New Year.... |
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« Reply #24 on: December 17, 2009, 13:38:51 » |
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Just before Christmas is indeed a popular time to travel.
But it is very rare for their to be major closures before the 25th.
However between Christmas and New Year, despite many people returning home, the commuter traffic is minimal. The railway has probaly noticed, like everyone else, that many manufacturing firms shut completely between Christmas and New year, as does education.
It is clearly the obvious time to extend shutdowns for major works.
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« Reply #25 on: December 17, 2009, 13:49:24 » |
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I've noticed that fares to flying destinations from London (Scotland / Newcastle, Manchester) have just doubled.....nothing to Scotland under ^100 now that I can find...for next week.
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« Reply #26 on: December 23, 2009, 11:53:01 » |
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From previous experience, the trains I sometimes use on Xmas eve to get from Welsh border to Surrey are half-empty except for Reading-Guildford which tends to be relatively full, so why any rise in return fare which the last time I made the journey (2 years ago) was ^50. Now with inflation it would be maybe ^53?
But this year no such fare seems to be available, I'm being quoted double on nationalrail co uk although I won't know until I reach the ticket office tomorrow. Incidentally I'm having trouble using the new incarnation of nationalrail.co.uk, I gather from glancing at another forum it doesn't always even give the correct (walk-on) fares - if so, what's the point of it?
I have a solution: renationalise the whole damned lot and charge per km except for UK▸ standard peak hours and if advance purchase helps fill trains they do can charge what they like as Ryanair does.
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« Reply #27 on: December 23, 2009, 14:32:02 » |
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Are you serious?
I paid ^44 to get from Paddington all the way to west Wales at 0945 yesterday morning - no railcards, no advance purchase, that was the off-peak single fare. You may need to avoid the evening peak but you should be able to find off-peak fares for the journey you describe for far less than you suggest.
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« Reply #28 on: December 23, 2009, 14:48:47 » |
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Because that price was so absurd, I've just checked thetrainline com, which for now works better than the new nationarail.co.uk,and it does give a return fare namely ^63.
Relative relief - but still a 25% rise on a few years ago.
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« Reply #29 on: December 23, 2009, 14:56:53 » |
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I've just done some reaserach via FGW▸ 's site ... leaving "The borders" at lunch time tomorrow.
Abergavenny to Guildford - 27 pounds
Ludlow to Guildford - 28 pounds
Craven Arms to Guildford - 29.50
Church Stretton to Guildford - also 29.50 (some trains) 71.00 (describes as super offpeak) on others
Shrewsbury to Guildford - 52.50 on some trains, 66.80 on others
You travelling from Shrewsbury, via Newport? Ask for a single to Church Stretton and a Church Stretton to Guildford via Newport - 33.90 single when combined which is only just more than half the fare you found while I was researching
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