The extraordinary price of some anytime 1st class fares is well documented, and apologies if this thread has been covered before.
What I'd like to get an idea of is how many of these tickets are actually sold. Clearly that isn't answerable simply as there must tens of thousands of these fares and it may be commercially sensitive information.
So, to get an idea, if I suggest a couple of examples like Plymouth to Paddington or Exeter SD to Birmingham, can anyone give any sort of ballpark of how many anytime first class singles or returns are sold per week for these flows, or if not, numbers for any other flow someone may know. Obviously there will be many journeys where none are sold, so examples of at flows between major centres?
What I'd like to get an idea of is how many of these tickets are actually sold. Clearly that isn't answerable simply as there must tens of thousands of these fares and it may be commercially sensitive information.
So, to get an idea, if I suggest a couple of examples like Plymouth to Paddington or Exeter SD to Birmingham, can anyone give any sort of ballpark of how many anytime first class singles or returns are sold per week for these flows, or if not, numbers for any other flow someone may know. Obviously there will be many journeys where none are sold, so examples of at flows between major centres?