Who flies London-Newcastle?
- Thread starter Sadken
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Hey, you're right.
kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
Four of us went to Bognor for an ironic day trip once. We had a non-ironic game of crazy golf, which we took far too seriously. Then we had to drive around until we found a pub that would serve a menu suitable to a vegetarian AND someone whose food tastes seemed to ossify at the age of five.
The other two of the four (other than me and the kabbess, obv.) have three kids now, which stops us living up those kind of kerrazy days any more. Damed kids.
The other two of the four (other than me and the kabbess, obv.) have three kids now, which stops us living up those kind of kerrazy days any more. Damed kids.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Well, I have to say, it really is pretty difficult to figure out for yourself that flying from London to Newcastle is going to take far longer than the train, and that the train journey is an incredibly easy one without any changes, even if you are an intelligent person with access to the internet.
So it's just as well the U75 transport forum is here to help people through this kind of difficult and specialised research.
So it's just as well the U75 transport forum is here to help people through this kind of difficult and specialised research.
kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
Fuck me. When you said that your past was full of pain, I had no idea. Really, no idea.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
That line does Peterborough, Darlington, York and Newcastle. And possibly a couple of others that I don't notice. It doesn't always stop at them all. I'm sure I've been on trains that have only stopped at one place between london and newcastle.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Why do you worry about getting stuck in a delay on the train but not on the plane?
I'm pretty sure you'll find that train punctuality is better than any airlines on that route and certainly better than any of the Ryanair/Easyjet nonsense.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
No comparison for me; the train is just such a pleasant, chilled out experience compared to that airport bullshit. Town centre > Bamb.
I think there might still be a service or two that's non-stop from London to Newcastle. Most, however, stop at two or three of: Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham, Newark Northgate, Doncaster, York, Darlington and Durham. NXEC journey planner here: full pdf timetables can be found on a link a bit down the page.
I'm kind of with teuchter here: it's not exactly difficult to fathom out how long it's going to take or how much it'll cost to get from London to Newcastle, and he's also right that the railways' punctuality figures are way better than any budget airline.
And I have to say "your mum"
I've genuinely never ever had a delay using either one of those airlines
electrogirl
dignity is overrated
Trains don't really get delayed much anymore.
That's very expensive. When are you travelling?
19th Dec - 22nd Dec. A weekend, essentially.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
That's a rubbish price.
Fly.
Sitting on the train's borin' anyhow. At least you're kept busy at the airport with taking shoes off and shopping.
I've just put your dates into thetrainline.com, travelling after 10am each day, and it's returning tickets from £26.50 out and £35.50 return - so the whole lot would cost you £62 plus trainline's £1 booking fee. You'd probably be able to get it down further than that if were prepared to use early-morning or evening trains.
electrogirl
dignity is overrated
Yeah shoes off is well fun. Everyone is equal when they have no shoes on.
Narrmean?
I'd have to take 2 days off work though. It's just not worth taking two days off work if the best I am going to get out of it is some fun and good memories with my friends.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
You might get sex too.
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
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