The insane cost of UK trains tickets
5th October 2003 by Simon
I was considering a short trip up to Liverpool next week to attend the International Games Conference & Exhibition.
I went to look up prices for trains on the Web and while I wasn’t surprised that the prices started at £100 for the return - it’s only a few days away - the truly shocking was what happened to the prices after that. The next step up in availability was £326 for a Standard Open Return, but then it was only then a couple of step up to £524.40 for a Virgin Business Return. £524.40! This is London to Liverpool, UK not Ukraine. That’s £60 short of a return flight to Australia.
What is happening to the UK railways and the pricing? So much for the free market ideals.
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What you’re seeing *is* the result of free market ideals!
I remember a few years back complaining to a Virgin Rail ticket-booth-monkey about the price of a train ticket from Manchester to Reading (about ?40).
His reply will stay with me forever and should be a guiding beacon to anyone living in a capitalist society.
“Try walking it”