deltic
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I am not clear what the outcome the OP is trying to achieve with this exercise. That all rail staff take a 20% pay cut so that rail fares can be reduced, that the rail service to Edinburgh is reduced so only trains that are 100% fully loaded continue to operate to bring down the cost of operating the service, that we close down the service to Edinburgh as its far cheaper and quicker to travel by air, that we get the taxpayer to subsidise a fairly affluent group of individuals who want to travel cheaply by train even more than they do now? LNER charge the fares they do because the government has told them to and because demand is there. Rail has around 30% market share between London and Edinburgh - its not clear rail could cope if all air passengers suddenly decided to switch to rail.
This sort of stunt just reinforces the message that all rail fares are very expensive, when in reality there are lots of opportunities to travel relatively cheaply.
This sort of stunt just reinforces the message that all rail fares are very expensive, when in reality there are lots of opportunities to travel relatively cheaply.