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British train tickets frequently cost more than flying

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The UK rail system is so aggressively overpriced that logic has entirely left the station. Due to privatized monopolies and bizarre ticketing structures, a two-hour train ride from London to Manchester often costs triple the price of a budget flight from London to Spain. Commuters literally book round-trip flights across Europe just to protest how much they are gouged domestically.

British train tickets frequently cost more than flying
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