Bob Fleming
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LNER to run East Coast Mainline services from London to Yorkshire, the North East and ScotlandIf you want to travel LNER you need a time machine and set the dial no later than 1948.
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LNER to run East Coast Mainline services from London to Yorkshire, the North East and ScotlandIf you want to travel LNER you need a time machine and set the dial no later than 1948.
12 weeks in advanceIs there an optimum time when to book for GC or LNER for that matter?
I am looking to book tickets for a weekend London trip in October. The outward (friday afternoon) is about £28 but the return leg (sunday afternoon) about £68. Do the ticket prices ever come down?
It's cheaper for me mates flying in from Dublin than it is for me getting the train from Sunlun.
Generally speaking, not possible on the east coast mainline.
or travel after 24th juneIf you want to travel LNER you need a time machine and set the dial no later than 1948.
You’d be too late then - British Railways came into being at 00.01 on 1 January 1948. I’m hoping we get some sort of “heritage” liveries on the stock when the ‘new’ LNER take over!If you want to travel LNER you need a time machine and set the dial no later than 1948.
It's f***ing expensive is what it is.
Oh well probably better food than the shite sandwich with a celebrity chefs name on it I got last time.It hasn't happened yet. Word on the inside is that McDonalds are looking to take over the franchise
Every thread on this subject someone says you can get a flight wherever for 100 quid. It's irrelevant.????
It kind of is, but at the same time it highlights the ridiculous cost of rail fares.Every thread on this subject someone says you can get a flight wherever for 100 quid. It's irrelevant.
I got a flight to Rhodes in September for 90 quid but it's costing me 300 quid to get back. I can put 50 quid in me car and get to London and back. I can ride a bike to wherever and bike for nowt. Rail fares can be high but the cost of anything else is irrelevant.It kind of is, but at the same time it highlights the ridiculous cost of rail fares.
How come it's cheaper to fly than use rail?I got a flight to Rhodes in September for 90 quid but it's costing me 300 quid to get back. I can put 50 quid in me car and get to London and back. I can ride a bike to wherever and bike for nowt. Rail fares can be high but the cost of anything else is irrelevant.
It's not irrelevant. It's a direct comparison of value. It's relevant as fuck tbf.I got a flight to Rhodes in September for 90 quid but it's costing me 300 quid to get back. I can put 50 quid in me car and get to London and back. I can ride a bike to wherever and bike for nowt. Rail fares can be high but the cost of anything else is irrelevant.
Isn't the difference because you can actually get the cheaper tickets >12 weeks away Monday to Friday, however the weekend tickets must be booked at 12 weeks or earlier to get them.Is there an optimum time when to book for GC or LNER for that matter?
I am looking to book tickets for a weekend London trip in October. The outward (friday afternoon) is about £28 but the return leg (sunday afternoon) about £68. Do the ticket prices ever come down?
It's cheaper for me mates flying in from Dublin than it is for me getting the train from Sunlun.
All the time?How come it's cheaper to fly than use rail?
The price of the train to London is relevant to the price of a flight to say Malaga? How's that then?It's not irrelevant. It's a direct comparison of value. It's relevant as fuck tbf.
Because one mode of transport is vastly more expensive than the other. Strangely the one that should be cheaper is the more expensive one. It's highlighting the ridiculousness of British rail travel pricing. Bit odd that this annoys you so much mind.The price of the train to London is relevant to the price of a flight to say Malaga? How's that then?
It changed for Monday to Friday I believe, can book further out than 12 weeks. Weekends are unchanged.12 weeks in advance
I'm getting a flight from Rhodes to Newcastle in September for 350 quid. The OP can get a train from sunderland to London for 28 quid. So for distance travelled it works out the same. Of course i understand that some airfares may be cheaper than some railfares and some railfares may be cheaper than some airfares. Probably best comparing railfares in other countries with similar wage structures than price of a flight to be honest. The OP is getting a train to London so the price of a flight to somewhere in Europe really is irrelevant in this thread.Because one mode of transport is vastly more expensive than the other. Strangely the one that should be cheaper is the more expensive one. It's highlighting the ridiculousness of British rail travel pricing. Bit odd that this annoys you so much mind.