More Railway Madness

[major_clanger]

Remember yesterday's post, where I was bemoaning the ludicrous cost of travelling by rail from Edinburgh to Birminham for Novacon? I took 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.

Comments

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Exactly. There is no one whose job it is to make the ticketing system fair, nor yet understandable. Certainly, it's too complex for the staff.