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major_clanger) wrote2007-08-24 11:11 am
major_clanger) wrote2007-08-24 11:11 am
More Railway Madness
Remember yesterday's post, where I was bemoaning the ludicrous cost of travelling by rail from Edinburgh to Birminham for Novacon? I took ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
brixtonbrood's advice and tried various versions of splitting the journey.
Book as single journey: £100 per person.
Book as singles to/from Doncaster, return Doncaster to Walsall: £65 pp.
Book as singles to/from Crewe, return Crewe to Walsall: £43 pp.
...and going via Crewe is actually an hour quicker than the route suggested when booking as a single journey.
Bugger the Turing Test. A convincing AI will be one that can consistently find the cheapest route to travel on the British railway network.
brixtonbrood's advice and tried various versions of splitting the journey. Book as single journey: £100 per person.
Book as singles to/from Doncaster, return Doncaster to Walsall: £65 pp.
Book as singles to/from Crewe, return Crewe to Walsall: £43 pp.
...and going via Crewe is actually an hour quicker than the route suggested when booking as a single journey.
Bugger the Turing Test. A convincing AI will be one that can consistently find the cheapest route to travel on the British railway network.
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