Originally Posted by
Chris the Robot
The railway fares system is very cheap if you book 12 weeks in advance, flying is most likely better if you need something at shorter notice.
Incredible, by the dictionary definition of the word.
3 months prior notice . . . how many people can make use of that ridiculous limitation ? . . .
While I don't doubt either the fare or timescale you quote, that is an unusable restriction for most people.
Rail travel, for me, is so far from being a viable option in any respect, cost, timscales, inconvenience, that I would be better driving . . . which is cheaper, no slower and much more convenient . . . what a ridiculous observation, but true none the less.
You observation of how wonderful rail is near London does not, strangely, equate to it being wonderful anywhere else.