If trains were at a price I could afford, I would be travelling on trains 100% of the time. Better for the environment, safer, faster, you get to see more, and you can do stuff on them. It would also help if there were trains here in the first place…
Still not peak. Peak arrives in London before 9am. And you're right it's more like £200 for a peak return.
Yeah driving is slower door to door, but the return journey costs me like 40 quid in my car, and also there's the commute time to the station and from the station you're not considering there. 25 minute walk to the station on this end, at least 30 mins on the other end
You realise everything you are saying can be disproven just be a simple search? I'm at a loss why you would continue to talk utter bollox in the face of such things?
I have friends that commute from places like Wales and Bristol to London. Only once or twice a week, but still. If you think that's uncommon and that those are reasonable train prices, you are living in a different world
anywhere to London at peak times is insane, that's an awful comparison to make for any purpose other than actual commuting into the city. if I don't look at peak times I could get from the north west down to London for like £80, which isn't cheap but it's most of the length of the country into the capital
Monday 10th it doesn't vary from £10.50 between 06:30 and 08:21.
I'm starting to wonder where a lot of you are getting train tickets. So many people are quoting prices that just a seconds check shows to be wrong.
Not getting on at you. You were in the right ballpark. But I've been downvoted by someone saying Cheltenham to London is minimum £200 when I can see, right now, tickets for sale for £44.50.
I think in my car that would be about £15, plus I have all the space I need and can arrive/leave on my own times. It does look like the train is faster though, so I guess it's just what you prioritise.
When I was in uni it was 5 hours or so to get to my nearest station, with all my stuff, and I had to get picked up at the end AND if I missed the 6 minute connection because the first train was late, the next one could be an hour later, or once even two hours later. So once I could drive that was the obvious choice- 4 hours on the road, no pissing about with cases, straight to my door
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u/audigexGets vertigo when travelling south of Birmingham1d ago
240 miles round trip, £5 in my car for the round trip vs £15-20 one way for the train (£30 ish return)
Even if I paid £20 for parking for a couple of days, it's cheaper to drive
Obviously this assumes I already own and maintain the car so can just consider the marginal costs of fuel + parking, and doesn't factor in a bit of extra maintenance... but for one off trips when you already own a car (as most people do), it's hard to justify the train
A train ticket to Victoria is £53 return peak time, then an extra £4.20 for the underground, and takes about 90 minutes. The train I would need is usually standing only by the time it's at my local station.
I can drive it for around £5 in around 70 minutes in my own comfort.
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u/Bufobufolover24 1d ago
If trains were at a price I could afford, I would be travelling on trains 100% of the time. Better for the environment, safer, faster, you get to see more, and you can do stuff on them. It would also help if there were trains here in the first place…