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Train Tickets: The Best Bargains and the Worst Ripoffs - by Patrick Collinson/ Rail Fares/ Money/ the guardian.com
"You can buy a train ticket for £3 from Birmingham to Edinburgh – or £107 arriving slightly later. We highlight some of the extraordinary anomalies of Britain's bewildering rail fare system.
In a fortnight we will hear how much rail fares will be going up in 2015 – and long-suffering commuters can expect to be thumped again. The formula for price rises is based on the July retail price index, enough to add at least another £100 to season tickets for many at a time when wage levels are stagnant at best.
Unlike rail systems in Europe, which often charge passengers on a simple per-km basis, Britain's train companies have created a complex maze of fares that bewilders ticket buyers – and creates extraordinary anomalies..."
Buy a ticket from King’s Cross, above, to York and you’ll pay more than if you had stayed on the same train to Darlington, further down the line. Photograph: David Levene
Richard
"You can buy a train ticket for £3 from Birmingham to Edinburgh – or £107 arriving slightly later. We highlight some of the extraordinary anomalies of Britain's bewildering rail fare system.
In a fortnight we will hear how much rail fares will be going up in 2015 – and long-suffering commuters can expect to be thumped again. The formula for price rises is based on the July retail price index, enough to add at least another £100 to season tickets for many at a time when wage levels are stagnant at best.
Unlike rail systems in Europe, which often charge passengers on a simple per-km basis, Britain's train companies have created a complex maze of fares that bewilders ticket buyers – and creates extraordinary anomalies..."
Buy a ticket from King’s Cross, above, to York and you’ll pay more than if you had stayed on the same train to Darlington, further down the line. Photograph: David Levene
Richard