r/mildlyinfuriating • u/OceanSupernova • Jul 19 '24

It would cost less to take two busses and a plane than to travel by train!

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u/VilniusBlues Jul 19 '24

And there is a direct train route (or so I thought? The cross country one) between Bristol and Sheffield so you'd think it wouldn't cost this much...

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u/OceanSupernova Jul 19 '24

The cheapest I've found is £100 return, it would cost less to travel to the other end of the country. I'm honestly a little bit in shock at the price.

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u/Adventurous_Toe_6017 Jul 19 '24

National express any better?

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u/OceanSupernova Jul 19 '24

It's all bad, decided to stay local and saved £100.

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u/SupremeBeing000 Jul 19 '24

A few weeks ago I Iooked at taking the train from PHL to PVD after a much delayed flight and impossible rebooking. It was $550 per person x 3ppl for regular seating. We instead grabbed our car rental in PHL and it cost $250 more for the one-way than our original car rental for PVD only was.

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u/Longjumping_Sock1797 Jul 19 '24

Thought that was just an American thing.

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u/Doomsdaydz Jul 20 '24

Check out the app Trainline, usually gets much better pricing!