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Commuter turns British rail's legendary awfulness into free travel hack

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 19, 2025
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Passengers on the platform in Euston train station travelling on the Avanti West Coast train service. (Yau Ming Low / Shutterstock.com)

"In 2023, I found a way to get 100% off my long-distance train travel between London and Carlisle," writes an anonymous author on Bunce. "All because the trains were delayed."

This commuter gamed the UK rail system by del…

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