Nationalized: £30 (Hartford - New York, roughly 100 miles)
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bear in mind USA price can fluctuate WILDLY depending on how late you book and how full the train already is...in Japan, price is reliable!
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I know UK, like USA, changes how much they charge based on how full the train is...bad business practice! Better in theory than irl
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The money you earn by gouging for every last seat doesn't make up for the money you chase away by having unreliable prices!!
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Lol...I wanted to confirm this; checked the Hartford to NYC prices again, this time for traveling *today* instead of next week
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Lowest price is now £35...depending on how flexible my departure and arrival times are, tho, I could get stuck with a min of £50!
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Take a look: only three trips, for starters...imagine first leaves too early & last arrives too late--you're screwed! Customer-hostile farespic.twitter.com/0ewdyPGTly
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Americans can barely take a train even if they want to, I will fix dis
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God is with us
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the price I gave for Shinjuku to Kobuchizawa is the same whether booked a month in advance or 5 minutes in advance
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Jesus that's more than a 50% jump
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Yeah, I'd put it down to a lack of competition on individual lines. Some routes only have 1/2 companies serving. But I don't know about Jpn
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They didn't consider the off-peak offers!pic.twitter.com/jZYRhECwE1
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of course not, because they had an axe to grind against privatization
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Not offhand but I might be able to run the numbers
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Privatized: £19 (Shinjuku - Kobuchizawa, roughly 100 miles)
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