06-11-2025, 23:16
(This post was last modified: 07-11-2025, 00:06 by theo_luddite.)
"Wales are home to Japan in the RU Egg Chasing so trains into Cardiff might be busier that normal". Didn't realise there were so many Japanese rugby fans living over here.
Apparently on Sky Sports+ that I've already paid for or I can spend £52 on a train ticket and £5 or £10 on a match ticket depending on whether or not I'm classed as a concession.
There was a time when 30% off your train tickets meant you got a decent price i.e you got about a 3rd off £40-£50 to travel to some reasonable part of the country that wasn't London. It wasn't that long ago. You don't even get the big discounts (which were often 25-50%) off Advanced tickets anymore either. I don't get how what used to be ~£25 to get to Haifax or Huddersfield from Wolvo less than 5 years ago is now £40-£50 (with a Railcard in both instances). I doubt I'll bother with a Railcard once this one expires as it's now far cheaper to drive and at the moment the couple of times a year I use it to go to London to get to Heathrow, I'm more or less breaking even. Current prices - £40 return to Marylebone full price. £26.60 with a Railcard. So £13.40 saving per trip. New Railcard cost is now £35/year or £80 for 3 years which is around £26.66 per year. So unless I start spending more money on weekends/day trips to London, and it costs about the the same to go to Manchester, what's the point and why would I bother when I can spend the train ticket money locally? If they want us off the roads and on public transport, they need a big rethink.
Apparently on Sky Sports+ that I've already paid for or I can spend £52 on a train ticket and £5 or £10 on a match ticket depending on whether or not I'm classed as a concession.
There was a time when 30% off your train tickets meant you got a decent price i.e you got about a 3rd off £40-£50 to travel to some reasonable part of the country that wasn't London. It wasn't that long ago. You don't even get the big discounts (which were often 25-50%) off Advanced tickets anymore either. I don't get how what used to be ~£25 to get to Haifax or Huddersfield from Wolvo less than 5 years ago is now £40-£50 (with a Railcard in both instances). I doubt I'll bother with a Railcard once this one expires as it's now far cheaper to drive and at the moment the couple of times a year I use it to go to London to get to Heathrow, I'm more or less breaking even. Current prices - £40 return to Marylebone full price. £26.60 with a Railcard. So £13.40 saving per trip. New Railcard cost is now £35/year or £80 for 3 years which is around £26.66 per year. So unless I start spending more money on weekends/day trips to London, and it costs about the the same to go to Manchester, what's the point and why would I bother when I can spend the train ticket money locally? If they want us off the roads and on public transport, they need a big rethink.
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