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Passengers Baffled By £10,000 Train Ticket
That seems on the expensive side (Picture: PA)
April 26th, 2017 | 10:42 AM | 1430 views
METRO.CO.UK
A train ticket between two towns 64 miles apart was advertised for £10,000.
People travelling first class between Taunton and Trowbridge were offered the eye-watering fare, which was £9,987.30 more expensive than a standard fare (those larger seats had better be SUPER comfy).
The journey would cost around £156 a minute for the trip which includes a change at Westbury.
Screenshots have been shared online by people incredulous about why that fare would appear.
In perspective, you could get a last minute return flight from Heathrow to Hong Kong, flying first class with Virgin tomorrow, for £6,147.
People thought it was pretty hilarious.
User Daravel-Fox said: ‘£10,000 first class railway ticket. Sounds like standard prices for via London trains.’
While Ryan Laird tweeted: ‘I knew UK train prices were bad at times but £10,000 for a train ticket?’
However, Great Western Railway blamed it on a technical glitch and said they had made sure it wouldn’t appear again.
A spokesman told the Wiltshire Times: ‘We are aware of an IT glitch which has published fares for a first class journey that does not exist.
‘We are working to remedy this as soon as possible.
‘Anytime single fares between Taunton and Trowbridge are available from £12.70.’
Source:
courtesy of METRO
by Jen Mills
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