This horrendous fare from Newquay, in Cornwall to Kyle of Lochalsh, in the Scottish Highlands was unearthed in a survey by rail expert Barry Doe, who said that the price of long-distance journeys had risen by up the three times the level of inflation since privatisation in the mid-1990s. Mr Doe said that the £1,002 ticket had been available for £486 as recently as September 2008. Cross Country Trains, which sells the ticket, said a booked in advance fare was available for £561.
The price by Taxi? Nowhere near I should think!
You could hire a car for two days and pay the petrol for around £300!
Same Journey by coach? £160 with 3 changes.
It is time for the public to have a serious sense of humour failure with regards to public transport. What should happen is that the government should set a maximum price per mile (as measured town center to town center) in a straight line, with a sliding scale allowing longer journeys to be cheaper than shorter. Then this should be imposed as a maximum price on the rail operators.
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