Envoy
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I have just been www.nationalrail.co.uk & put in for a one way journey from Cardiff to Edinburgh onTuesday 17th March departing at 10am.
I get a 10.05 TfW service to Crewe (arr. 12.29 & change for 13.09 Avanti to arrive. EDB at 16.18 (6 hours 13 minutes) with a fare of £192.60. (Cross Country comes up as the fare supplier - even though I would not even be on their trains).
Next option says depart CDF at 10.51 on TfW for Manchester - arr. 14.13 & change for 14.26 Trans-Pennine Express to Arr.EDB at 17.37 with a fare of £51. (6 hours 46 minutes).
So, what the hell is going on? Are Cross Country setting fares for services that people would not use? Is Transport for Wales & Trans-Pennine Express conspiring to deprive Avanti of revenue? Why is the Transport for Wales fare between Cardiff & Crewe not combined with the separate Avanti fare from Crewe to Edinburgh? Seems to me that people are being induced to use slower services for this long trip because of the fare differential on the through ticket? Probably cheaper to fly!
I get a 10.05 TfW service to Crewe (arr. 12.29 & change for 13.09 Avanti to arrive. EDB at 16.18 (6 hours 13 minutes) with a fare of £192.60. (Cross Country comes up as the fare supplier - even though I would not even be on their trains).
Next option says depart CDF at 10.51 on TfW for Manchester - arr. 14.13 & change for 14.26 Trans-Pennine Express to Arr.EDB at 17.37 with a fare of £51. (6 hours 46 minutes).
So, what the hell is going on? Are Cross Country setting fares for services that people would not use? Is Transport for Wales & Trans-Pennine Express conspiring to deprive Avanti of revenue? Why is the Transport for Wales fare between Cardiff & Crewe not combined with the separate Avanti fare from Crewe to Edinburgh? Seems to me that people are being induced to use slower services for this long trip because of the fare differential on the through ticket? Probably cheaper to fly!