Train fares

[DimPrawn]

Had to get a train from the beautiful Swindon station to Paddington yesterday.

Standard return ticket was a very reasonable £103

Not bad to stand up for an hour and travel 80 miles.

And the government has the cheek to say inflation is as high at 2%.

[oracleslave]

Had to get a train from the beautiful Swindon station to Paddington yesterday.

Standard return ticket was a very reasonable £103

Not bad to stand up for an hour and travel 80 miles.

And the government has the cheek to say inflation is as high at 2%.

[gingerjedi]

I have a local train platform just 500 yards from my house and the site I work on has its own little station, £9.50 return for 40 mile round trip.

It needs to be half the price to tempt me out of the car.

[KathyWoolfe]

Had to get a train from the beautiful Swindon station to Paddington yesterday.

Standard return ticket was a very reasonable £103

Not bad to stand up for an hour and travel 80 miles.

And the government has the cheek to say inflation is as high at 2%.

Not bad - only £1.2875 per mile. Makes the cost of petrol worthwhile - almost!

[BrowneIssue]

Occasionally I need to go to meetings in London at a few day's notice. £140 is not uncommon as the fare.

For that price I can hire a "man with a van" for a day to give me a lift while he has a day out in London.

(Yes, I do know £140 is nothing compared to London to <here> return bought on the day.)

[realityhack]

Not bad - only £1.2875 per mile. Makes the cost of petrol worthwhile - almost!

Not in my cars.

Threaded.

[oracleslave]

Occasionally I need to go to meetings in London at a few day's notice. £140 is not uncommon as the fare.

For that price I can hire a "man with a van" for a day to give me a lift while he has a day out in London.

(Yes, I do know £140 is nothing compared to London to <here> return bought on the day.)

Do you not charge the client for these expenses?

[tim123]

You should have bought online from GWR they will only charge you 98.00 (God knows why)

tim

[KathyWoolfe]

Not in my cars.

Threaded.

What are they then?

Lamborghini?
Ferrari?
Aston Martin?
Porche?

[BrowneIssue]

Do you not charge the client for these expenses?

It's personal professional development stuff - committees I sit on, attending workshops, seminars and the like. Granted MyLtdCo pays but it's a stupid amount of money to be paying to go to an otherwise free or cheap event.