I purchased my ticket to London last night.
When I was young, I used to go up to Edinburgh every summer to stay with relatives.
I would go to the train station, buy a ticket (saver return £18.50), get on the train, and arrive there later that day.
That £18.50 is important.
Now, look into getting a return from Manchester to London, and am told, that if I pick the ticket up on the day, that it will cost over £190.
But that if I buy it over the phone or the internet with a creditcard and give lots of personal details (home address, age, telephone number etc) I can have the same ticket for £34.
WHY?
I got to wondering. Whats the difference?
Here is a theory.
They want to know WHO you are and want to know ahead of time WHERE you are going.
But WHY?
Are they being pressured? They get access to the lines from Railtrack or whatever its called now. And thats owned by the Government isn’t it?
Is it paranoia if THEY are still out there?