most expensive Anytime Single

[dcd]

following on from the cheapest - what is the most expensive in terms of pence per minute journey standard class no discounts. The Lichfield City to Lichfield Trent Valley was 50p for 5 minutes i.e. 10ppm at it's most expensive. Southampton Airport Parkway to Swaythling is 170p for 2 minutes or 85ppm

 

[AlterEgo]

Deleted - didn't realise it was pence per mile!

 

[Yew]

Aren't some withdrawn tickets priced at £999.99 on websites, as they only update their database?

 

[wintonian]

Ryde Pier Head to Ryde Esplanade £1.00 500m platform to platform?

 

[AlterEgo]

Birchgrove to Ty Glas - 17 chains (340 metres approx) from platform to platform and £1.40 SDS.

 

[dcd]

Ryde Pier Head to Ryde Esplanade £1.00 500m platform to platform?

it is a 2 minute journey at 100p making it 50ppm

 

[mtmikethom]

I don't know what the distance is but London Blackfriars to City Thameslink is £2.20, or if it counts on the DLR West India Quay to Canary Wharf £4.00 without an Oystercard.

 

[dcd]

Deleted - didn't realise it was pence per mile!

It is pence per minute I specified. Sorry if you took ppm to be pence per mile.

 

[AlterEgo]

It is pence per minute I specified. Sorry if you took ppm to be pence per mile.

Well Ty Glas to Birchgrove is 1 minute in the timetable (and in practice is less) and costs £1.40.

Any advance on that?

 

[wintonian]

it is a 2 minute journey at 100p making it 50ppm

True but in reality it takes near half of that with quite a bit of (relatively) hanging around at Esplanade.

 

[Mojo]

We have had this discussion before although cannot find the exact thread now. Any pence per minute comparisons are largely pointless as generally speaking one pays more for a faster journey.

 

[Paul Kelly]

Absolute values are quite interesting IMHO. The absolute most expensive anytime single appears to be, at £269, Newquay to Sheffield route +CHESTERFIELD, priced by EMT. £2 more expensive than Penzance to Wick!

 

[Urban Gateline]

Walton on Thames to Hersham, £1.90 Anytime day single for the 2 minute journey. 95p per minute


And Twickenham to St Margarets (London), 2 minute Journey at £2.30 Anytime day single, £1.15 per minute!!!

 

[moonrakerz]

Ryde Pier Head to Ryde Esplanade £1.00 500m platform to platform?

32 chains = 643m. (I've walked it enough times)

 

[Urban Gateline]

Birchgrove to Ty Glas - 17 chains (340 metres approx) from platform to platform and £1.40 SDS.

You've won so far AlterEgo, I looked up your journey and it's booked to take only 1 minute, so £1.40 per minute!

 

[AlterEgo]

Wolverton - Milton Keynes is also pretty expensive. £2.30 SDS for a three minute journey. (some services are booked 4 minutes, some 3 minutes. No idea why.)
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Some long-distance fares come pretty close to my Ty Glas example, too.

Manchester to Euston takes 2h07 on the faster trains, at a price of £139.50.

Almost £1.10 a minute.

 

[pmgarvey]

Either the Heathrow Express, or the Heathrow Connect between Hayes and Harlington and Heathrow is surely a contender?

 

[sonic2009]

Either the Heathrow Express, or the Heathrow Connect between Hayes and Harlington and Heathrow is surely a contender?

That's a private railway well between Airport Junction and Heathrow

 

[tsr]

Dorking West to Dorking Deepdene costs £1.90 for an Anytime Single. The journey time is roughly 2 minutes. Probably not a winner for pence per minute but in terms of silliness it is.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Dorking West to Dorking Deepdene costs £1.90 for an Anytime Single. The journey time is roughly 2 minutes. Probably not a winner for pence per minute but in terms of silliness it is.

How does it make it any more 'silly' than the others?

 

[MarkyMarkD]

Possibly Stratford International to Ebbsfleet International? Takes a minimum of 10 minutes at £13.90 = £1.39 a minute.

 

[AlterEgo]

Possibly Stratford International to Ebbsfleet International? Takes a minimum of 10 minutes at £13.90 = £1.39 a minute.

That's an incredibly close one. My Ty Glas example was £1.40/min. You can talk dirty to a stranger in a call centre for less!

I will bash Wales one day and tell you how many seconds it takes to do the trip....

 

[Urban Gateline]

I will bash Wales one day and tell you how many seconds it takes to do the trip....

Probably a lot longer, bad connection times and unreliable trains...ahem

 

[gazthomas]

You've won so far AlterEgo, I looked up your journey and it's booked to take only 1 minute, so £1.40 per minute!

Similar - £1.20 for < 1 minute Llanrwst to North Llanrwst
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Similar - £1.20 for < 1 minute Llanrwst to North Llanrwst

I got an off peak single for £23 on the National Rail website!

 

[Statto]

Moreton to Leasowe on Merseyrail, £1:50, only 1 mile, & 2 minutes journey time, also £1:50 Wallasey Village-Wallasey Grove Road & think that's just under a mile.

 

[tsr]

How does it make it any more 'silly' than the others?

Purely Dorking West's local reputation of being a completely unnecessary station, where there are fewer passengers than trains by my calculations. I take your point though - most of the rest are a bit mad, the Stratford ticket notwithstanding. Don't take me too seriously, though

 

[raildude]

Moreton to Leasowe on Merseyrail, £1:50, only 1 mile, & 2 minutes journey time, also £1:50 Wallasey Village-Wallasey Grove Road & think that's just under a mile.

Walton (Mersey) to Orrell Park is £1.50 and is only 30 chains away, (0.4miles) timed at 1 minute. Apparently you can see one station from the other :?

It is most likely going to be a Merseyrail Electrics ticketing combo that will be most expensive per minute.

Wallasey Village to Wallasey Grove Road is 25 chains away, (0.3miles) also for £1.50 and is timed at 1 minute.

 

[Yew]

I went to check mansfield to mansfield woodhouse, It appears there are no tickets between the two...

 

[S19]

I went to check mansfield to mansfield woodhouse, It appears there are no tickets between the two...

Sure about that??

£1.40 Anytime for a 5 minute Journey

Morecambe to Bare Lane is £1.50. That can only be a mile or two?

 

[Ivo]

Essex Road to Highbury & Islington without Oyster is £4 - for a 2-minute journey.