Another Multi-Million Pound Boost for Dover's World Class future.
- 13 December 2008 21:3410935If the journey time was cut, the fares reasonable and a seat guaranteed I would gladly use the train. However, I took a Virgin train to Manchester a week or two ago (from London) and it was horribly uncomfortable, space was minimal (I am not tall but my legs were cramped and I was closer to the man next to me than I usually get to my husband), the two fellas opposite talked the whole way about their dinner, and the people serving/running the place talked loudly on their mobiles for almost the whole journey. I felt I knew his Mother intimately by the time I got to Manchester. Trains would be lovely if..........................
- Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,695
13 December 2008 21:5810937Howard, I commute every day up to the City
Will I use the new service?
Probably not as the time saving for a 37% fare increase is not worth it - certainly not by the time I have got from St Pancras into the City - the time saving will then be a paltry 20 minutes max each way.
If they trim the current 15 minutes worth of padding out of the proposed running time then it would be worth using as I would save over an hour a day from my existing 4hrs 40 minutes daily travel"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi - 14 December 2008 08:2110941I think they were saying that the fare for the High Speed train would be about £5350 per year - quite a tidy sum.
If you have a good job in London and own a property there, it will be possible to sell your 3/4 bedroomed house (if you can sell it nowadays) and move to Dover and buy a bigger one here and have enough to buy one overseas and have no mortgage - if only.
£5350 for train-fare would not be a worry then.
Roger