Cheap fares Monday. Will Monday and Friday be the new "off peak"?
To some extent Friday already is - in terms of traffic flows, if not (for most
TOCs▸ ) in terms of fares.
From
Express and StarA rail company will allow West Midland passengers to travel to London at off-peak rates on Fridays, starting today.
The move, by Avanti West Coast, will see the large cuts to the cost of early-morning train journeys.
It will see the price of a standard rush-hour one-way ticket from Shrewsbury to London, bought on the day of travel, cut from ?151.50 to ?55.90, a saving of 63 per cent.
The fare from Wolverhampton to London will fall from ?92.00 ?42.20, a cut of 54 per cent.