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Right. I live in Scunthorpe, but I am from Llanelli. So, I want to go home quite regularly to do the normal things - visit friends and family, breath in Welsh air, catch Devils games.
Now, it is a 6+ hour drive, once you factor in the fuel stops. 350 miles, in my car it is a tank down, tank back, give or take the visiting. 45 litre tank, probably not short of £100 on petrol plus whatever the wear and tear on the car is.
Now, going by train takes 6.5 hours. But is £110 per person!!! I mean, what the hell?? That is double (with girlfriend in car) what it costs to drive. DOUBLE!!!
If it came in at the same cost, I would be hoping around to see my parents more often - 6 hours behind the wheel is a bit of a put off, so seem to not make it home as often as I would like.
Stupid bloody train companies - when will they learn that people will drive if it is cheaper too. With fuel cost where they have been, it is still cheaper. We should nationalise it, and have done with it. At least then, when the service is crap, we can blame the government and idiots aren't getting rich off us.
Now, it is a 6+ hour drive, once you factor in the fuel stops. 350 miles, in my car it is a tank down, tank back, give or take the visiting. 45 litre tank, probably not short of £100 on petrol plus whatever the wear and tear on the car is.
Now, going by train takes 6.5 hours. But is £110 per person!!! I mean, what the hell?? That is double (with girlfriend in car) what it costs to drive. DOUBLE!!!
If it came in at the same cost, I would be hoping around to see my parents more often - 6 hours behind the wheel is a bit of a put off, so seem to not make it home as often as I would like.
Stupid bloody train companies - when will they learn that people will drive if it is cheaper too. With fuel cost where they have been, it is still cheaper. We should nationalise it, and have done with it. At least then, when the service is crap, we can blame the government and idiots aren't getting rich off us.