Cheap train tickets?

[garethj]

eventually get home at 11:30 pm having left work at 4:15pm.

Christ, it would have been quicker to travel from New York!

[Negative Creep]

I think I am reasonably adept at this.  Various websites, split tickets, buying in advance and so on.  Also do national express, megabus and others.

 

May I just say that I think it is all really crap.  This is a system that benefits computer users - what about non computer users?  What about foreign visitors that turn up and get totally fleeced because they don't understand the system?  And what happened to spontenaity (however you spell it).  Now everything is planned months in advance.

 

It doesn't have to be like this and many countries aren't.

 

 

You can buy the exact same advance tickets via phone or at the station if you wanted

[Pillock]

Yeah, but they're still advance. What about someone just getting off a plane from Bongo Bongo Land who needs to use the train? To get a sensible price they have to camp in the station toilets for a week before they can get on the train.

 

It's purely profit. There is no other reason to raise the price of immediate tickets other than the penalise people who have no choice.

[lisbon_road]

Thanks Pillock, totally agree.  Public transport my arse.