PeterE wrote:

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.

ROTFLOL.

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

So what.

It's extremely expensive, that's what.

Yep. And I don't think very many would pay that. I doubt if I would.
Many train fares are ridiculously high.

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?

Well? Can you?

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?

So how much is that?

BTW yes I am snipping out your attempts to sidestep the point that many people
have moved on from believing there are no alternatives to the ownership of a
private car.
Seems you have a problem that some people make that choice. Most odd.

John B