National Express Trains?

Question

They took over one railway recently do you think they will lower fares?

well i think its about time this happened

20min journey from london to just outside of london cost like £8-10

Answer 1

The trick with rail travel is knowing in advance when you're going to make a journey.

Bristol to Crewe turn up and go is £60+ for a return.

Book in advance and you can get single tickets for as little as £10.

The ECML is just the same, book well in advance and you can get KX - Edinburgh for £10-15 single.

Another tip - try different routes as well, Crewe-Bristol is cheaper via Shrewsbury/Newport than via Brum for example.

Answer 2

David S is pretty much spot on in his answer.

Just out of interest "ONE" was an anacronim, and stood for "Operated by National Express" (incase you were mildly interested)

Answer 3

Complain to the company then if you feel that their prices are too high! It's no good just putting your opinion across on Yahoo answers. You think company directors look at this?

Answer 4

Why dont you try pricing a season ticket?

Answer 5

I doubt it very much, fares are more than likely to go up, especially as running costs go up.  There Franchise bid is quite extensive and costly with promises of new work, also they have to pay for all the new branding of stations, train and staff.

Answer 6

National Express did not 'take over' the service previously branded as 'One'. They ran 'One', but have at last realised that it was an exceptionally stupid name for a railway company ('The 12 o'clock One service for Clacton-on-Sea will leave from Platform 3'). Having acquired the franchise for the East Coast Main Line on the demise of GNER and decided to call it 'National Express East Coast, they are renaming all their operations - so One has become National Express East Anglia and a new name will follow for c2c. There will be a new corporate livery for all services, that for East Anglia having been unveiled on 27 February.

£8 - £10 for a 20 minute journey isn't bad, if you compare it with a car, taking into account petrol (high consumption because of town driving), depreciation, probably more wear and tear caused by stopping and starting leading to more repair bills, insurance, road tax, congestion charge and parking charges (these last two alone would cost you more than the rail fare). However, look around for the best deals.

Answer 7

No chance of lowering the fares as long as they are a private company...they have shareholders to pay dividends to and the rail acess charge to Networkrail going up each year.

(Going up another 4-15% depending on route again next jan).

Like other answerers have said....get a student railcard to cut costs on out of peak time travel.

Answer 8

If you're a student you should get a railcard. Join Natwest bank and get one for free, it'll last 5 years.

Answer 9

i hope not. National express coaches are pants, but cheap.

Ive cuaght National express and  i dont have fond memories of them.

I arrive early and the coach is either  5 minutes early or 10minutes late. I always hope i can sit at the front as they smell of the toilet-  and its worse if the toilet is used ....

No  proper air filtration, conditioning, drivers who vary from  nutters. to  'go slow'.

Answer 10

I have a feeling that train prices will go up because thats all they ever do these days

Answer 11

National Express have been running the 'One' franchise for some time, but they are re-naming it National Express East Anglia. I wonder if you realise that if you commute daily a season ticket will save you money or  for journeys after the morning rush hour anytime weekends, a railcard will save you one third off single and return fares.

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