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The TelegraphOn board Britain’s newest – and most expensive – train journey
I was among the first to travel on the new £4.90 Luton Dart, the country’s costliest per mile rail link
How does that compare to the £28 single from Llanberis to Snowdon Summit?
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Ian VisitsWhen it opened in March, it was widely noted that per mile, it’s the most expensive railway in the UK▸ , but no longer as they’ve already slashed the cost.
The Luton DART typically costs £4.90 per single trip to link the local railway station to the airport, nearly double the cost of the bus shuttle it replaced. Added on top of the cost of the train trip to get to Luton Aiport Parkway station — which from London averages £12.40, it’s quite an expensive service.
However, people travelling on the East Midlands Railway, which has launched a Luton Airport Express should now be able to pay just £10 for a single to/from London to Luton Airport, and that includes the cost of the DART service.