Whittie
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Going down to London from Llandudno in a few weeks (6th) and just had a look at prices and times etc to buy tickets in advance....
£66 single, £520 return Not even a weekend, its on a Tuesday!
Oh and First Class Business is £784
Was expecting £150 max, but £520, could probably pay a taxi driver to get it less, or even a trip to airport, fly there and back and drive home wouldn't be much more than a few hundred. Where do they come up with their prices?
[Edited on 23-08-2011 by Whittie]
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DanCobb
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When i used to go to college by train it used to cost £10.00, that was for a 20 min journey , child.
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Scotty_B
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Can't you buy two singles?
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SXi_Tim
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They have been for a bit now. Sheffield to London was nearly £100 for me last year. Aren't they hiking the fares up again soon aswell?
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adiohead
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Train wanker!
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spencer88
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Edit- Went wrong, but I have a price of £75 return
[Edited on 23-08-2011 by spencer88]
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mwg
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Off peak return £74.80
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spencer88
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mwg uses trainline also
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sc0ott
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Trains have always been expensive.
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spencer88
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quote: Originally posted by sc0ott
Trains have always been expensive.
Yee, but he doesn't want a whole one, just a seat.
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adiohead
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I hate the way your trousers smell after using a train.
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BluKoo
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Trains are proper shit these days.
Me and a mate were gonna get a train down to birmingham at the weekend, but it was going to be £115 each.
Found out its cheaper to fly. Only £52 each.
[Edited on 23-08-2011 by BluKoo]
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Whittie
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Sorted for less than £140, boooom.
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spencer88
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Well ye, me and mwg got it for £75
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Sam
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Peak time costs I imagine.
Do the journey after 10am and I bet it'll be less.
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A2H GO
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We usually go from Stoke to London for about £8. Londonmidland trains FTW.
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mwg
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I do think they are expensive though. But the alternatives are spending probably twice as long in the car or 3 times as long sat on a crappy bus or flying down but then having to get transport to and from the airport at both ends anyway
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AlunJ
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I work for a train company and I do most of my travelling in the company car as it's quicker
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Kerry
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whats interesting is that your battery dropped 7% in 18 minutes
in fact its 2 different phones
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AlunJ
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that's some clever shit right there kerry
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adiohead
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whittie is Jimmy Bennett!
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MarkSport
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quote: Originally posted by spencer88
quote: Originally posted by sc0ott
Trains have always been expensive.
Yee, but he doesn't want a whole one, just a seat.
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mwg
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quote: Originally posted by Kerry
whats interesting is that your battery dropped 7% in 18 minutes
in fact its 2 different phones
busted!
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Whittie
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quote: Originally posted by Kerry
whats interesting is that your battery dropped 7% in 18 minutes
in fact its 2 different phones
It had risen in 18 mins not dropped. Changed the sim card in it, as I lost it on Saturday at the races and was using a spare untill o2 sorted it. All sorted now though
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mwg
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multiple sim cards = dodgyness
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