"Depresion" wrote in message
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I'd be stung
for £145 for the cheapest business hours trains.

Aren't you in the north west somewhere? you can get them for less.

Not according to the booking office at my station or trainline, if you
know
someone who can beet there prices the please tell me as It's quite obvious
that
both of them are overcharging.

It depends where you are going from. A clue as to which stations you could
drive to would be useful.
Theres a very early one you can pick up from Warrington or crewe, that'll be
at least 40 less.

If you can be rigid on return times at approx 18:20 + (or even before),
Then even with an expensive outbound single, you can get a dead cheap return
leg (16 quid?) Making the whole thing ~80 or 90.

I know thats not great, but its a market driven thing.
They can charge 145 quid and fill the train.
Would you really want state intervention to force that price down? The
bugger would be packed!