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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Hi there. I am going to be over for a week in November. What is the best way to get between cities; train, coach or car rental? I'll be about London, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastleven. Thanks in advance. |
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Any of those three will be fine for getting between those cities.
However, parking can often be tricky in cities, especially London. For London I would only consider public transport. Depending how long you're in London for, then get an Oyster card, which is valid on underground, overground, buses and even the waterbus in Greater London.
For travel between cities, train is faster but more expensive, Megabus can be almost cheaper than walking.
Timewise, London to Leeds would be just a little over 2 hours by train, 4 hours by car and maybe 6 hours by coach. |
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To be fair, it's quite a close call depending on many things such as how much travel you're doing in each city, where abouts in each city you're staying and what time of day you're travelling.
All our cities have major traffic congestion and parking issues. London has the congestion charge, which is a daily one off charge just for driving in the central parts during the daytime. Beyond all doubt is that travel by public transport is usually the quickest simplest and cheapest option in London.
Getting from London to Leeds by car means tackling the M1 motorway. If you're leaving London at 10.00 am you'll probably get a clearish run. Driving through the night can be quick, but all too often we now have total motorway closures for road works from 8pm through to 6am which can lead to timely diversions and massive queues. Driving anywhere on a Friday afternoon / evening is always very, very slow. Driving into London on a Sunday afternoon is also surprisingly slow.
London to Leeds is well served by express inter-city trains which top out at well over 100mph. However, Leeds to Manchester is often covered by smaller trains which do stop at every station along the way.
Manchester to Newcastle by train, I don't know, but there could be changes involved.
On the balance of everything and without knowing anything about your itinerary, I would ferry from Dublin to Holyhead, Train to London, train to Leeds and then hire a car for Leeds to Manchester and Newcastle, dropping the hire car off back at perhaps Liverpool or Holyhead then Ferry back to Dublin.
But then of course, all those cities are well served by airports......  |
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I'd use trains to be honest, and if you plan your route and buy tickets in advance, it can work out cheaper than one person driving. I travel to London often on the Manchester train, taking 2 hours and costing about £40 return. Fuel alone to drive would be at least that!
Trains from Manchester to Leeds are slow, but can be scenic. To Newcastle normally involves a trans-pennine to Leeds/York, then East Coast to Newcastle.
I'd do Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Newcastle. It'll avoid the slower Trans-Pennine routes. |
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By *ty31Man
over a year ago
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"For London I would only consider public transport. Depending how long you're in London for, then get an Oyster card, which is valid on underground, overground, buses and even the waterbus in Greater London.
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Buy the oyster card anyway as the cost ($5) Is refundable and you'll save a lot of money per journey. |
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