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Newest Review: ... to London can be done in about two and a half hours, two on a good day. I was told various options and the lady on the phone was quite helpful. The price for a return would be £20 at the weekend. This wasn’t too bad I thought, but she mentioned that I would have to book in advance to get this price, as it was limited. With my journey coming up at the weekend I went to book tonight. This time I phoned One Railways who run our local lines. It took me three attempts to get through. Each time I went through the same menu and waited as the phone rang. Then it told me they were busy and to call back later. After eventually achieving the feat of... more

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Trains: An Angry Train of Thought (501 words)
by - written on 30/01/06 (Useful, 61 readings)
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Well thank you Maggie Thatcher for revolutionising Britain’s public transport system all those years ago. (sarcastic tone) It’s not very often I travel by train and to be honest my experiences of said transport in recent years have been far from glorious. Thanks to privatisation you now have a scenario where different companies run different parts of the rail network. As a result we have differing services, crap pricing and crap service. A week ago I phoned rail enquiries to enquire about the cost of a ticket from Norwich to London. Bear in mind that a car journey from Norwich to London can be done in about two and a half hours, two on a ... Read the complete review

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