Letter - Price hike means a car return
I REFER to the recent hikes in train fares.
Until recently my wife and I used to make the journey by train to Huddersfield ‘to shop’.
We used to drive to Kirkgate Station and park in the Brunswick Street Car Park (£2.50 all day) – I know parking at the station is free – just try getting a spot after 9.30am!
Total cost (including mileage), just over £8 (I have a Senior Metro Card).
Now, though, the train fare has gone up from £3.80 to £4.20 (over 10%) for my wife, but for me, from £1 to £2.10! Total cost is now just under £10. So our train-based journey has gone up from round about £8.50 to about £10.
To do the whole journey by car, the total cost including ‘mileage’ and five hours parking, is about £8.
Crazy, or what? Not so long back, we turned to the train because it was ‘cheaper by rail’ Ho! Ho!
Bryan Holden
Ledgard Drive
Durkar
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ManicManiac
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 01:21 PMI decided to catch the train from Dewsbury to Leeds for my works' Christmas Party last year, as I wanted a drink to celebrate. I asked him what the cheapest ticket price would be for two adults to travel to Leeds, stay the night, and then return the following morning. I had to ask him to repeat himself TWICE when he quoted me £22 for the total ticket cost consisting of 4 singles (two for each of us). In the end I walked out of the station and caught a taxi instead. The cost of the taxi was £11 each way, but at least I got to Leeds at a time I wanted, right to the door of the venue, and then back the following morning. The train prices are just ludicrous now, and very poor value for money. I feel for those who have no choice but to use the train, and line the pockets of the executive directors of the private rail companies.
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