By James Salmon Transport Editor For The Daily Mail
Published: 23:39 BST, 10 May 2019 | Updated: 15:52 BST, 11 May 2019
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It may come as a surprise to motorists who’ve filled their tank on a motorway lately.
But travelling by train is still up to 13 times more expensive than driving, analysis has found.
A comparison of 20 journeys around Britain at peak time showed taking a car was cheaper in every case.
With train passengers already angered by surging fares, rampant disruption and overcrowded carriages, the findings pile pressure on companies to cut prices.
Commuters (pictured at Liverpool Street Station) would have to pay almost ten times the £33.97 fuel bill for the 398 mile round trip to Manchester from London, which costs £327 via train
An average tank of unleaded now costs more than £70, with petrol at a six-month high – but it is still much cheaper to travel by car than rail.
The website petrolprices.com looked at the fuel cost for 20 journeys travelling in Britain’s best-selling car, the Ford Fiesta.
The Daily Mail then compared those figures with the price of a peak return rail ticket, booked a day in advance, leaving at around 8am and returning at a similar time the following day.
The research showed that a return from Luton to Cambridge cost £84.60
