Travel by train has soared in popularity in recent months, with luxurious options available everywhere from Rome to the English countryside.
Prices can often reach astronomical heights, though – especially in peak season.
But a train line has now announced new tickets from London to Scotland for less than £50.
Lumo, a budget-friendly rail company often dubbed the ‘Ryanair of trains’ has just announced a new line going straight from London King’s Cross to Glasgow Queen Street.
It promises to be ‘fantastic value’ for customers.
The all-electric company already runs a direct line between Edinburgh and King’s Cross with one-way tickets costing as little as £49 if you book in advance.
Plus, you can slash prices even further if you have a railcard.
The budget train line has now extended its service – and will see Lumo provide two northbound services and one southbound service between London King’s Cross and Glasgow Queen Street on weekdays.
Lumo, a budget-friendly rail company often dubbed the ‘Ryanair of trains’ has just announced a new line going straight from London King’s Cross to Glasgow Queen Street
They will also provide one in each direction on Sundays.
Currently, the only direct rail service between London Euston and Glasgow is by Avanti’s West Coast line. Advance fares to Glasgow start at £36.50. On top of this you can get one of Superfares to Glasgow for just £35.
However, an off-peak single ticket can cost as much £133, while travellers could fork out up to £208 in peak times.
And Lumo’s current Edinburgh-London service is around £50 for single tickets, depending on when you travel.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) approved the extension of Lumo’s existing service.
While they haven’t set an exact fare for the Glasgow-London tickets, Lumo’s website says they will have ‘fantastic value tickets, that don’t cost the earth or your wallet.’
Richard Salkeld, head of communications and partnerships at Lumo, told Metro that most of its customers are travellers who want to journey between London and Glasgow but can’t afford extortionate rail prices.
He explained: ‘Lumo is an open-access operator, which means we take full commercial risk for running the services.
The all-electric company Lumo already runs a direct line between Edinburgh and London with one-way tickets costing as little as £49 if you book in advance
‘We don’t get government or public subsidiary – we take on the risk and have to be confident that we can make it work, all while complementing the existing services that already run.
‘Glasgow is somewhere we’re looking forward to serving, and we’re confident we can make it as successful as our London to Edinburgh route.’
The journey will take a little longer than Avanti’s 4 hours and 51 minutes.
The London to Edinburgh journey time is between 4 hours 22 minutes and 5 hours.
But for budget-seekers, the reduced costs will be well worth it.
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