Honest question, does London have intercity trains or busses? I mean 2 million sounds like a number for this public transport thingy people sometimes talk about
Yes it does. So lets have a look. Let’s say I want to take my family of four down to Devon to see my folks this weekend. On trainline, the cheapest return fair is £239, at not very convenient times. Better times brings the price to £362.
Add in the price if tube and bus at either end and you are looking at about £400 (a bit over $500) to get down there for the weekend. It’s expensive? Yes it is - and partly because of the limited capacity on rail.
Now that could absolutely could be improved with additional rail infrastructure - but not by this weekend.
Of course, if I was travelling by myself - that’s about £66 return and I have done that in the past rather than driving
Honest question, does London have intercity trains or busses? I mean 2 million sounds like a number for this public transport thingy people sometimes talk about
Yes it does. So lets have a look. Let’s say I want to take my family of four down to Devon to see my folks this weekend. On trainline, the cheapest return fair is £239, at not very convenient times. Better times brings the price to £362.
Add in the price if tube and bus at either end and you are looking at about £400 (a bit over $500) to get down there for the weekend. It’s expensive? Yes it is - and partly because of the limited capacity on rail.
Now that could absolutely could be improved with additional rail infrastructure - but not by this weekend.
Of course, if I was travelling by myself - that’s about £66 return and I have done that in the past rather than driving