I'd be very surprised if anybody with the means to buy such a ticket
would want to make the journey by rail.  For that amount of money you
could probably buy a used car in Cornwall, drive it up yourself taking
a few days staying in B&Bs and sell it at the other end and still come
out under £1002.  It's one of those fares which only exists because
there has to be a point-to-point fare between every station on the
network (and incidentally the BBC article advises that there's no
first class accommodation from Newquay to Par, which is only true in
the winter timetable), not because anybody ever actually needs to buy
the ticket.

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:20:03 -0800 (PST), Ianigsy
 wrote:

>  It's one of those fares which only exists because
>there has to be a point-to-point fare between every station on the
>network (and incidentally the BBC article advises that there's no
>first class accommodation from Newquay to Par, which is only true in
>the winter timetable), not because anybody ever actually needs to buy
>the ticket.

And XC say they've never sold one.

Neil

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"Bruce"  wrote
>
> There must be a very long list of (mostly expensive) rail tickets that
> can be purchased, but aren't.
>
There's probably another list of (mostly cheap) tickets that can be 
purchased, and are, but are probably never used
Golf Street to Barry Links
Reddish South to Denton
Peter

Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:25:09 GMT, wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil
> Williams) wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:20:03 -0800 (PST), Ianigsy
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>  It's one of those fares which only exists because
>>> there has to be a point-to-point fare between every station on the
>>> network (and incidentally the BBC article advises that there's no
>>> first class accommodation from Newquay to Par, which is only true in
>>> the winter timetable), not because anybody ever actually needs to buy
>>> the ticket.
>> And XC say they've never sold one.
> 
> 
> There must be a very long list of (mostly expensive) rail tickets that
> can be purchased, but aren't.

Singles to Middlesbrough?

-- 
Arthur Figgis               Surrey, UK

On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:00:57 +0000, Bruce 
wrote:

>There must be a very long list of (mostly expensive) rail tickets that
>can be purchased, but aren't.

And a good number of useless but cheap ones that *are*, usually by
enthusiasts making a point, e.g. a CDR from Reddish South to Denton.

Neil

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On Nov 3, 10:20 pm, Ianigsy  wrote:
> I'd be very surprised if anybody with the means to buy such a ticket
> would want to make the journey by rail.  For that amount of money you
> could probably buy a used car in Cornwall, drive it up yourself taking
> a few days staying in B&Bs and sell it at the other end and still come
> out under £1002.  

I agree with your point that nobody will buy the ticket - but the
reason for travelling by first-class rail is precisely that the person
doesn't want to drive, but would rather sit in comfort working/
drinking/reading/whatever.

Fairer comparison would be a second-hand car and hiring a driver there
and back - I think you'd be lucky to get that for gbp1002...

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:27:04 GMT, wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil
Williams) wrote:
>On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:00:57 +0000, Bruce 
>wrote:
>
>>There must be a very long list of (mostly expensive) rail tickets that
>>can be purchased, but aren't.
>
>And a good number of useless but cheap ones that *are*, usually by
>enthusiasts making a point, e.g. a CDR from Reddish South to Denton.


They could ask for a refund for the excess cost over a single.  ;-)

"Neil Williams"  wrote in message
news:4af0ada8.779801308@news.individual.net...
> On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:20:03 -0800 (PST), Ianigsy
>  wrote:
>
>>  It's one of those fares which only exists because
>>there has to be a point-to-point fare between every station on the
>>network (and incidentally the BBC article advises that there's no
>>first class accommodation from Newquay to Par, which is only true in
>>the winter timetable), not because anybody ever actually needs to buy
>>the ticket.
>
> And XC say they've never sold one.

From the BBC report, it looks like XC's PR department don't understand
ticket 'simplification'. Apparently they are saying you can buy a Saver in
advance of travel instead...

Paul