April 19th - The Great British Rail Sale
Simon Calder explores how you can get your hands on half-price rail tickets, and whether this flash sale will solve the rail industry's financial woes.
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast · The Independent
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Show Notes
More than one million train tickets are being slashed to as much as half-price in the “Great British Rail Sale”, and it is attracting a lot of interest. The government and rail industry are hoping the sale will boost ticket sales after the impact of the pandemic. But will it work? I explore what the sale is (deeply discounted Advance rail tickets between 25 April and 27 May) and what it isn’t (a solution to the problem of attracting vast numbers of people back to the railway).
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