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Author	HollySki
Comment	My friend is travelling up to Glasgow at the end of march from Euston Station, she got her train ticket for £16. Timing is key for me. I've gotten a plane to London three times in the past year, one time was actually twice in a week due to a funeral and other commitments overlapping. Bear in mind with flight you need to get there 90 minutes before for a domestic flight. Then the flight is about an hour/hour and a bit. Then there's travel either side. Depending on how far you live from the airport and if you get the bus or taxi you end up taking roughly the same time as if you'd just got the train (~5-7 hours depending on stops),which is especially true if you can only get the bus that comes once an hour. Luggage. With train you can take as much luggage as you can feasibly carry at no extra cost in my experience. Plane-wise if you're going for a budget line like easyjet they've changed their baggage allowance so a small carry on suitcase for the overhead lockers means you need to upgrade your seat for £20. If your bag fits under the seat in front of you you're fine, but if it doesn't fit and has to go up then you're paying extra. Taxi/bus costs. Bus ticket to the airport is like £8-£11 I think, and my average taxi price has been £15 (your mileage may vary depending on distance). For the train station it'll be maybe a couple of quid for a few extra stops to central before changing. The good thing about the train is since you're sat down you're sat down. You don't have to faff about with security/waiting at the gate (eh... Kind of). All that said, I no longer qualify for the 16-25 railcard discount so I just fly bc I hate the price of trains and delayed trains are the worst (though my recent return plane was delayed four hours and got in at 1am having spent over half my day in an airport with nothing to do bc everything was closed and then had to wait another hour before an taxi would pick me up). Though if you book at just the right time, you can get first class train ticket cheaper than standard and therefore get a free meal and tea/coffee and So. Much. Leg. Room. (I got a first class ticket for £32 where the standard was £60 for some reason. Best decision)
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Created	Mon 7th Mar 2022 11:04pm
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My friend is travelling up to Glasgow at the end of march from Euston Station, she got her train ticket for £16.

Timing is key for me. I've gotten a plane to London three times in the past year, one time was actually twice in a week due to a funeral and other commitments overlapping.

Bear in mind with flight you need to get there 90 minutes before for a domestic flight. Then the flight is about an hour/hour and a bit. Then there's travel either side.
Depending on how far you live from the airport and if you get the bus or taxi you end up taking roughly the same time as if you'd just got the train (~5-7 hours depending on stops),which is especially true if you can only get the bus that comes once an hour.

Luggage. With train you can take as much luggage as you can feasibly carry at no extra cost in my experience. Plane-wise if you're going for a budget line like easyjet they've changed their baggage allowance so a small carry on suitcase for the overhead lockers means you need to upgrade your seat for £20. If your bag fits under the seat in front of you you're fine, but if it doesn't fit and has to go up then you're paying extra.

Taxi/bus costs. Bus ticket to the airport is like £8-£11 I think, and my average taxi price has been £15 (your mileage may vary depending on distance). For the train station it'll be maybe a couple of quid for a few extra stops to central before changing. The good thing about the train is since you're sat down you're sat down. You don't have to faff about with security/waiting at the gate (eh... Kind of).

All that said, I no longer qualify for the 16-25 railcard discount so I just fly bc I hate the price of trains and delayed trains are the worst (though my recent return plane was delayed four hours and got in at 1am having spent over half my day in an airport with nothing to do bc everything was closed and then had to wait another hour before an taxi would pick me up).

Though if you book at just the right time, you can get first class train ticket cheaper than standard and therefore get a free meal and tea/coffee and So. Much. Leg. Room. (I got a first class ticket for £32 where the standard was £60 for some reason. Best decision)