I don’t use the train very often but when I do it’s usually to travel from home to Central London. If there is only one of you travelling and if you can avoid “peak times” then by far the cheapest and most relaxing mode of transport is the chuffa.
When there is 2 of you travelling it isn’t quite so cut and dried financially but it’s a close call and when you factor in car parking and congestion charges it really is better to go by train.
We live fairly near Crewe and therefore use the Crewe to Euston service when we visit London. Today we are travelling to Sutton just outside London. A return ticket for one including the underground is £70 bar 10p – about the cost of a tank of unleaded but what I really like is that the journey door to door is going to be a shade under 3 hours. The Crewe to Euston leg is an amazing 1 hour and 35 minutes with no stops. It will take us almost as long to cross London and use the commuter train down to Sutton.
The other thing I like? Already had half a bottle of red to get the weekend going!
