Using an 18-25 discount railcard, I managed to get one third off the price. I decided to head home for a weekend at the start of November and immediately went onto the Lumo website to book my tickets a month in advance. It aims to compete with airlines on the London to Edinburgh route by offering low fares and a high-quality train service. The Lumo trains will sell ticket on the budget services for £30 to sixty per cent of their customers Labelled as an 'affordable' and 'green' option for travellers, the launch of Lumo coincided perfectly with the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow. So, when new train operator Lumo announced cheap journeys from London to Edinburgh, my air-travel weary body begged me to try. READ MORE: Edinburgh hospital to be converted into hotel, housing, swimming pool and school However, I was getting bored with these short-lived flights where I'd be sitting for hours in the airport beforehand and spending too much money on over-priced sandwiches. Lumo promise that 60 per cent of the tickets on their new low-cost trains will be sold for £30.Īlexandra was heading home from work at the start of this month and decided that would be the perfect time to take the plunge.Īs a Scot living in London, travelling from home to the capital city can be rather exhausting.įlying domestically from London to Edinburgh was often considered the easiest option in terms of cost, with a short flight time of 1 hour and 20 minutes. However, when train operator Lumo announced cheap journeys from London to Edinburgh, Alexandra thought she would give try out the new service. What's On Writer for our sister title My London, Alexandra Bullard, regularly travels between Edinburgh and London but usually takes a flight home to cut down on the time she is travelling. A Scottish journalist explains why she has decided to ditch expensive flights home to Edinburgh from London in favour of a budget train journey.
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