I’ve started to get coaches now, otherwise I won’t be able to see friends or family.
You can get an advance ticket for £20 but you have to book it for 11.22am on Thursday 19th June 2026 only.
Every time I go to Europe I’m stunned by how affordable their rail fares are.
Ours are an absolute joke
Get in, I’m a Gemini
Then you find coaches
Hell yeah, I’m a Gemini!
-Gemini’s, probably
I would rather stay at home than make a journey somewhere by train.
Buying tickets for trains here very much seem to be a case of “pull a ticket out of the hat and if you’re lucky it will be the correct one”.
In China a 30 metro ride is 0.8 pence
Train tickets are a scam. I used to travel from Reading to Stoke and back again a couple of times a month (Travel from Uni to visit family etc). off peak it was roughly 40 quid and during peak hours it could range from 80-100. Daylight robbery.
And a queue of angry people behind you whilst trying to work this shit out.
As a Gemini, this sounds far
It’s not that bad, although I will admit our ticket system will need improvement alongside everything else
Honestly it’s an absolute joke. Do you want the super off peak saver? Or the extra super saver peak?
I used to live in Japan. They had a price based on the distance traveled, a % discount if you ordered *at least* 24hrs in advance, and a surcharge for the bullet train. That was basically it.
£100 for a train ticket? Must be London right?
I went to Edinburgh, a 5h trip, and it cost me £30
Ah yes the classic only if you’re a Gemini clause. Makes perfect sense.
I remember visiting eastern Europe last year and got a two and a half hour train trip for the equivalent of £3.77
My current train route into London which is 1h 50m is ten times that if you’re INSANELY LUCKY
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I’ve started to get coaches now, otherwise I won’t be able to see friends or family.
You can get an advance ticket for £20 but you have to book it for 11.22am on Thursday 19th June 2026 only.
Every time I go to Europe I’m stunned by how affordable their rail fares are.
Ours are an absolute joke
Get in, I’m a Gemini
Then you find coaches
Hell yeah, I’m a Gemini!
-Gemini’s, probably
I would rather stay at home than make a journey somewhere by train.
Buying tickets for trains here very much seem to be a case of “pull a ticket out of the hat and if you’re lucky it will be the correct one”.
In China a 30 metro ride is 0.8 pence
Train tickets are a scam. I used to travel from Reading to Stoke and back again a couple of times a month (Travel from Uni to visit family etc). off peak it was roughly 40 quid and during peak hours it could range from 80-100. Daylight robbery.
And a queue of angry people behind you whilst trying to work this shit out.
As a Gemini, this sounds far
It’s not that bad, although I will admit our ticket system will need improvement alongside everything else
Honestly it’s an absolute joke. Do you want the super off peak saver? Or the extra super saver peak?
I used to live in Japan. They had a price based on the distance traveled, a % discount if you ordered *at least* 24hrs in advance, and a surcharge for the bullet train. That was basically it.
£100 for a train ticket? Must be London right?
I went to Edinburgh, a 5h trip, and it cost me £30
Ah yes the classic only if you’re a Gemini clause. Makes perfect sense.
I remember visiting eastern Europe last year and got a two and a half hour train trip for the equivalent of £3.77
My current train route into London which is 1h 50m is ten times that if you’re INSANELY LUCKY
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