Does anyone on here use public transport, and if so, why??
We're going to Liverpool next month, travelling up Friday, back Saturday. A return ticket on the train will cost £20.40 per adult and the train journey takes 2hrs and 7mins. Its 120miles in the car (60 each way) which at a pessimistic 35mpg will cost around £21 in fuel and parking will cost less than £10. Google maps reckons it'll take about 90mins. There's four adults travelling.
So if we go in the car, it'll cost a maximum of £31 and take 90mins. If we go by train it'll take 37mins longer and cost £81.60 - over £50 more!! And then we've still got to get from home to the train station and from the station in Liverpool to the hotel.
So the public transport option costs a lot more, takes longer and is less convenient. I like the idea of using my car less in theory, but public transport just doesn't seem to have any plus-points?
We're going to Liverpool next month, travelling up Friday, back Saturday. A return ticket on the train will cost £20.40 per adult and the train journey takes 2hrs and 7mins. Its 120miles in the car (60 each way) which at a pessimistic 35mpg will cost around £21 in fuel and parking will cost less than £10. Google maps reckons it'll take about 90mins. There's four adults travelling.
So if we go in the car, it'll cost a maximum of £31 and take 90mins. If we go by train it'll take 37mins longer and cost £81.60 - over £50 more!! And then we've still got to get from home to the train station and from the station in Liverpool to the hotel.
So the public transport option costs a lot more, takes longer and is less convenient. I like the idea of using my car less in theory, but public transport just doesn't seem to have any plus-points?