Every now and then we like to have a day out into London. Sam loves checking out the National History Museum whilst Mum likes the shopping.
Normally we drive into Peterborough (because our local train service is somewhat unreliable) and then catch the train from there.
We discovered some time ago that a Family Railcard would save us a small fortune on this journey in return for a £24 fee.
So when I travel into London at peak times during the week, it can cost me as much as £80 return. Travelling off peak however brings this down quite a bit so an off peak ticket on the weekend for the 3 of us comes in at £65 all in. But use the railcard and this cost comes down to less than £40 for the three of us. Bargain!
But I discovered today that National Express East Coast who run this service have started charging to reserve seats on their service. The cost? £2.50 per seat per train. So for the return trip to London that adds £15 to the £40 fare.
That’s a 37% increase!!!
