First £1,000 rail fare criticised (BBC News)
 

A £1,000 train fare for a for a journey from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands is described as "scandalous".

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Someone on BBC radio just spent some time obtaining the equivalent maximum fare in France for their longest possible journey. The journey was slightly shorter though; the cost.........308 Euros :rolleyes::mad:

You can get a Round the World Air Ticket for that!

That rail ticket was 1st class.:D

The only people that can afford that sort of money is MPs on expenses.

ccmmick.

I'm glad this has come out because it does highlight the nonsenses and excesses of the rail fare system. We do at long, long last now have a Secretary of State who seems to both believe in and understand the railways. Unfortunately, it doesn't look as though he is likely to be in office long enough to do a great deal but let's hope he has time to do something about this ludicrous situation.

The lunatics are running the asylum I flew to Glasgow last year from luton return fair £19.I admit its squashed up in a flying tube but you are not long enough in the air to care.

£1000 tickets
 

I wonder how many £1000 tickets have been sold. Do they do a workmans return on that run.