Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, but it's intrigued me for a while...
I travelled last year from Belfast to Sheffield via Glasgow and the cost with a railcard was 30 odd quid. The standard fare for Sail Rail. When you equate that's a 2 hour ferry, 1 hour bus, 1 hour train and then a 5 hour train that's quite a good price. I get that the sail rail prices are done on 'zones' as it were.
If I was to do the same journey tomorrow, it again would be that price. But if I was to get the 17:00 from Glasgow to Sheffield, you're looking at nearly double the price for that journey than if you buy the sail rail.
The question I'm asking is this; what is there to stop people buying a sail rail and not actually using the boat section? The tickets print out as usual, and when on the train I wasn't asked once to prove I'd been on the boat. There must surely be something to stop people getting a single from Glasgow to Sheffield/London etc for 30 quid when the actual tickets are 70 quid plus by themselves?
I travelled last year from Belfast to Sheffield via Glasgow and the cost with a railcard was 30 odd quid. The standard fare for Sail Rail. When you equate that's a 2 hour ferry, 1 hour bus, 1 hour train and then a 5 hour train that's quite a good price. I get that the sail rail prices are done on 'zones' as it were.
If I was to do the same journey tomorrow, it again would be that price. But if I was to get the 17:00 from Glasgow to Sheffield, you're looking at nearly double the price for that journey than if you buy the sail rail.
The question I'm asking is this; what is there to stop people buying a sail rail and not actually using the boat section? The tickets print out as usual, and when on the train I wasn't asked once to prove I'd been on the boat. There must surely be something to stop people getting a single from Glasgow to Sheffield/London etc for 30 quid when the actual tickets are 70 quid plus by themselves?
