Travel question: Is it cheaper to travel by air than by rail domestically?

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Simon Calder
Saturday 20 April 2019 15:15 BST
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Unless you’re savvy a train to Glasgow will be much more expensive than a flight
Unless you’re savvy a train to Glasgow will be much more expensive than a flight

Q Can you tell me how it’s possible that looking at a train ticket from Glasgow to London in October is £147 when flying is about one-third of that? Is it because I want to go on Friday and come back on Saturday?

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A I am afraid that your experience is just one example of the way that the railways lag behind the airline industry.

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