JohnB wrote:
PeterE wrote:

Robin May wrote:
Paul Weaver wrote the following in:
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You can always hire a car too

Are you really trying to say car hire is cheaper than travelling by
train? Are you sane?

If you're talking about standard fares (not discounted ones booked
way in advance) then it certainly is for many longer journeys,
especially if you're taking more than one person.

So you don't phone up and book a hire car in advance?

As I own a car the need doesn't arise. For some business journeys I might
know a couple of days in advance (and what is the fare for booking at 4pm on
Monday to travel at 8 am on Tuesday?). For others I would not know until the
day in question.

A standard class return from Manchester to London is £175 now, you
know.

So what.

It's extremely expensive, that's what.

Are you really trying to say car hire, for two people, is dearer
than that? Are you sane?

Can you get from Manchester to London return same day in a hire car
for less than £20?

Can two people get from Manchester to London and back by train in a day for
less than the cost of hire car plus petrol? Travelling between 7 and 10 am,
and booking three days or less in advance? You're the PT advocate, you tell
us.

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