article_snippet: A trip from London to Manchester will cost £82 instead of the usual £15 advanced single ticket and take three hours, 53 minutes for a trip via Sheffield, compared to the usual two hours, eight minutes direct service.
article_snippet: A journey from London to Liverpool will see passengers fork out £31.50 instead of £12 for a six-hour trip that involves four trains and a bus, instead of the normal direct service taking three hours, 16 minutes.
article_snippet: Ian Baldry, of IBPTS consultants, told the Sunday Express: 'It's a rip-off.