Why are UK trains so bad?
Your ancestors did it pretty well when they built a train network in India to plunder the subcontinent.
Train from Warsaw to Chelm costs £9. In UK this 250 km journey would probably cost at least 10 times more.
Submitted 6 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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StillAlive@piefed.world 2 hours ago
cynar@lemmy.world 42 minutes ago
The conservatives closed and sold most of the branch lines. They also privatised the trains.
Basically, they completely fucked us, long term, for short term gains.
CombatWombat@feddit.online 6 hours ago
A ticket for the 278 km journey from Seattle to Portland tonight is $71, or ~5.5x this price. If you plan ahead, it’s like $27, or ~2x this price. Surely US trains aren’t cheaper than UK trains?
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 5 hours ago
CombatWombat@feddit.online 5 hours ago
Imma keep it 100 with you, chief: I’m not smart enough to understand what you meant by posting a screenshot of bus prices underneath my question about the relative train prices between the US and UK.
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 5 hours ago
Try Chicago to St Louis
SuperSwan@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Wait til you figure out how much it would cost in the US.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 57 minutes ago
San Diego to Oxnard is a bit farther and costs $42
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 6 hours ago
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 6 hours ago
Notable that when you get off the greyhound bus in the U.S. if it’s middle of the night, no one cares. Now you get to learn new drug intake skills.
If it’s middle of the day, the city bus doesn’t come that way. You walkin!
kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 2 hours ago
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me too thanks