Tis Grim Up North

[Joe Black]

Bl**dy hell, for the prices mentioned I can get a 1st Class Eurostar...

[foritisme]

Weekender - thanks Pickle

Hmmm

chester (monday) - london (friday) standard open = £164

london (friday) - chester (monday) weekender = £74


Single Chester - London on a Monday = £24



Now to find some cheap/decent accomodation !

Thanks to the other replies - a sensible thread

[NoddY]

If Britain had a TGV system:

London > Liverpool 60 mins

Some stations could look like:

[Fungus]

Never thought I would ever hear those two words together in the same paragraph. Chester has got to be one of the twee'est places in all Britain. Child deprivation there means having to share the same pony.

And in Wales deprivation means having to share the same sheep.

[foritisme]

I don't know - I'm sure some of the farmers I have met in Wales would rather share their woman before their sheep

[Joe Black]

If Britain had a TGV system:

London > Liverpool 60 mins

Some stations could look like:

But we do have that, its called Eurostar:



I leave the cost and benefits of the alternative train service to Chester for others to speculate on...