Northern Trains Ltd

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RE: Northern Trains Ltd

(24/08/2021 14:37)mikestone Wrote:  I don't think they've thought this through - passengers who would travel anyway will be paying £1, but no one is going to say I wont pay £27.50 to risk catching a fatal disease, but if its inly going to cos me a pound that's OK.

The risk of getting COVID is low if you're double jabbed and take sensible precautions.

I notice for my old commute I can get £1 single fares, for peak time services. If I was still making that commute I could pay £2 for every day the promotion is running instead of the approx. £130 for a monthly season ticket. However, if you usually drive and have to pay for parking then £1 fares might tempt you to try the train. For that to work Northern need to provide a reliable service during the promotion period, otherwise anyone who does that will switch back to the car.

I've purchased one of them, for a short single journey I plan to make in September. I have a number of complimentary single vouchers still to use from numerous delays in early 2020 so it means I'm saving one of those for another time.