Fare Increases

[First Class]

RE: Fare Increases

(28/07/2013 09:01)jtd508110 Wrote:  The all zone saveaway is currently £4.80 is it not?

I would say that Merseyrail's fares still produce the best value across the country.

The Saveaway product is good value, and although the Merseyrail ticket is fairly cheap, there can be better value tickets.

£10.00 gets you through all the South Wales Valleys, and beyond into Maesteg/Bridgend, without any time restriction, and is additionally valid on all buses in a fairly large geographical area. That falls to £5 unlimited travel, if you go after 18.30.

Maesteg-Treherbert via Cardiff can be a 2-3 hour rail journey alone, (which is still only £6 single (anytime)). Liverpool-Chester (45 mins) is more than £6 (peak) to start with.

Whilst £10 is more expensive than the Merseyrail/Merseytravel products, I would say that is better value for money in terms of geographical area.

Merseyrail do offer good value, locally, but perhaps not in a wider context.

(E.g. I can go Liverpool-London for £1.50 single on Virgin Trains and these fares rarely sell out)