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On 07/01/2009 22:34, Jonathan Roberts wrote: > 2009/1/7 Rob Beard<rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> On 07/01/2009 20:12, Gordon Henderson wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Rob Beard wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Possibly, I was going to see how much the train was but I guess a car >>>> pool would work out cheaper if there was say 4 of us sharing the fuel cost. >>>> >>>> >>> I used to (bah, still do - was there today) go to Bristol on a regular >>> basis. 2 years ago when I looked into it, it was cheaper to go by car for >>> ONE person than get the train - when you took into account car parking, >>> bus/taxi at the far-end, etc. Any more than one is a bonus! >>> >>> Gordon >>> >>> >>> >> Well it's £30 from Torquay (that's the cheapest option) so yeah I dare >> say driving will be cheaper if a few of us go. >> > > Did you check group train ticket prices? You can get some pretty > massive savings! > > Jon > > No I didn't. I checked on TheTrainline.com and it said something about group railcards but I just assumed they were special rail cards. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html