What a mental situation the train on-line booking system is. I want to go to Scarborough in 3 weeks (returning the following day), and the cheapest way of doing this is to buy FIVE separate tickets.
I could actually understand it if these were simply natural journey changes meaning my service took me across different train operators, but that is only part of the story:
I want to get the Kings X to York train. The cheapest on-line quote for a single that I can get is £43.70. However if I split this so that I buy one ticket from Kings X to Grantham, that would cost me £18.60. Then Grantham to York **on the same train!!** is £15.80, so that is £34 for the same journey but with two single tickets instead of one.
Who the hell is responsible for this shambles?
I could actually understand it if these were simply natural journey changes meaning my service took me across different train operators, but that is only part of the story:
I want to get the Kings X to York train. The cheapest on-line quote for a single that I can get is £43.70. However if I split this so that I buy one ticket from Kings X to Grantham, that would cost me £18.60. Then Grantham to York **on the same train!!** is £15.80, so that is £34 for the same journey but with two single tickets instead of one.
Who the hell is responsible for this shambles?