How many pence a mile traveling by train?
As others have said, it depends on the journey and ticket you hold. On London Underground, Covent Garden to Leicester Square is a mere 260 metres (0.16 miles), and cash single is £4.00, which equates to a massive £25.00 per mile! On National Rail, London Paddington to Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 and 3, for example, is 14.75 miles, and a Standard Class Single is £16.50, which works out to £1.12 per mile, with a First Class Return being £50.00, or £1.69 per mile. London to Manchester (via Stoke-on-Trent) with Virgin Trains is 184.25 miles, and ranges from £11.00 for the cheapest Standard Class Single (6p per mile) to £387.00 for the most expensive First Class Return (£1.05 per mile). Another example is Ryde Pier Head to Ryde Esplanade on the Isle of Wight, a distance of 0.25 miles. A Single ticket is 90p (£3.60 per mile) and a Return is £1.40 (£2.80 per mile). A similarly silly example is Silver Street to Edmonton Green, a distance of 0.5 miles. As a result of the Zonal pricing scheme in Lon
