Fancy a coffee? In Scotland? All for around £40 return (not including the coffee)? Peter Plisner reports on mad days out by train, made possible by railcards and a handful of split tickets.
In this article:
RAIL is Britain's market leading modern railway magazine.
Download the appRelated content
Review: the dreaded rail replacement buses
16/05/2025
RAIL’s Mystery Shopper examines the pros and cons, the pitfalls and the plusses of taking a journey that sometimes involves more than just your intended train.
Railway 200: Tickets please!
16/05/2025
In the second of our series celebrating 200 years of the modern railway, Andy Wakeford, Fares Lead at the Rail Delivery Group, looks at train ticketing.
Analysis: East Coast Main Line - high demand, not enough space
14/05/2025
Philip Haigh looks at the work that has still to be done to accommodate as many trains as possible for the December 2025 timetable
-
News
Network Rail "can't support" Lumo Paignton plans as it outlines capacity concerns
-
News
HS2 faces £100bn cost and delay until late-2030s, government told
-
News
Two new open access cross-country routes set to be submitted to rail regulator
-
News
Signal theft discovered by staff when trying to clear line for freight train
-
News
Network Rail states objections to Hull Trains' Sheffield plan and proposed extra LNER service
-
News
Network Rail unlikely to support any new West Coast Main Line track access plans - apart from one
-
News
Proposal to increase Old Oak Common line speed submitted by Network Rail
-
News
GBRf discussing plans for ten Class 99s to be ETS fitted and have 100mph top speed
-
News
Virgin scales back West Coast Main Line open access plan
Login to comment
Comments
dr bob - 05/03/2025 09:41
I read "Ticketing anomalies left over from British Rail days allow passengers to buy separate legs of a journey, rather than just one ticket" as a very polite way of saying "The present ticketing system is blatantly dishonest".