Shocking! Rail travel from Manchester to London can cost more than flights to New York

‘Something’s very wrong with our railways’, man laments fees

A Brit on Twitter has lamented the exorbitant cost of UK rail travel, sharing a picture of his return rail journey from Stockport to London, costing £287.10.

Been Hoare, an Editor and writer posted a snap of the Virgin Trains ticket on Twitter with the caption: “Given how much my Stockport-Euston day return (booked a week ago) cost, is it any wonder this Virgin Train is half empty? Something’s v wrong with our railways.”

“I think this shows trains are way too expensive and ticketing too complicated. The sad thing is, we invented railways,” he added.

A return flight from London to New York with low-cost airline Norwegian can be purchased for less than Hoare’s train ticket price, with October returns available from £285 to travel the 6,950 miles. A journey from Stockport, in Greater Manchester, to London and back is 310 miles as the crow flies.

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