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The days when everyone had their own train

Published by Emma Lee-Potter in on Monday 19th March 2012

Travelling is an expensive, stressful business these days. Fuel costs are sky high, train fares prohibitively expensive and I was stunned when I drove to Manchester recently to find that using the M6 toll costs £5.50 each way. That seems an awful lot for just 27 miles of road… The news didn’t get any better this morning when I opened The Times to discover that David Cameron wants to kickstart ...keep reading