I saw this earlier today and I just can't rationalise what is going on...
With screengrab showing London to Leeds journeys (attached):
22:00 £47.45 ('discounted' from £72)
23:33 £218.65 ('discounted' from £230)
23:35 £82:20 ('discounted' from £124.70 - from St Pancras, involving an RRB and arriving Leeds 07:44)
Journeys 1 and 3 seem to reflect a railcard discount with the poster goes on to say that they have used.
However, given that the walk up prices are:
Anytime Single: £160.30 (£105.75 with railcard)
Super Off Peak Single: £67.00 (£44.20 with railcard)
Where has the price £218.65 come from? I equally can't find a multiple of either of the walk up fares which would come to this.
The story has even made the Yorkshire Evening Post:
Country is a joke. @LNER making the 23.33 train £220 knowing Leeds fans need to get back to Leeds and won’t make the 22.00 train when that is £47
With screengrab showing London to Leeds journeys (attached):
22:00 £47.45 ('discounted' from £72)
23:33 £218.65 ('discounted' from £230)
23:35 £82:20 ('discounted' from £124.70 - from St Pancras, involving an RRB and arriving Leeds 07:44)
Journeys 1 and 3 seem to reflect a railcard discount with the poster goes on to say that they have used.
However, given that the walk up prices are:
Anytime Single: £160.30 (£105.75 with railcard)
Super Off Peak Single: £67.00 (£44.20 with railcard)
Where has the price £218.65 come from? I equally can't find a multiple of either of the walk up fares which would come to this.
The story has even made the Yorkshire Evening Post:
Whites supporters will be making their way back to Yorkshire on Wednesday night following the fifth round tie, which was confirmed by Leeds’ replay win over Plymouth on February 6, but can only make one of the late trains scheduled to depart from London Kings Cross Station. Tickets remain on sale for the 10:00pm service to Leeds, with the cheapest ticket priced at £41.70 on Trainline.com, but the 7:30pm kick-off at Chelsea rules out any possibility of fans making that train. The last available service, due to depart Kings Cross at 23:33pm, is now showing as sold out. On Wednesday evening, however, a dwindling number of ‘anytime tickets’ were still on sale at a cost of over £200, prompting a supporter to contact the operator, London North Eastern Railway [LNER], on social medial platform x.com. Sam Jacobs posted: “Country is a joke. @LNER making the 23.33 train £220 knowing Leeds fans need to get back to Leeds and won’t make the 22.00 train when that is £47.” In response, LNER’s official account said: “Hello. That service is fully booked so, you'd be buying an anytime ticket (the most expensive) in order to board hence the price difference. Apologies about this.”
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www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk