Train a better mode to travel UK than plane
Manchester Piccadilly station from overbridge, source: Network Rail Source: Network Rail
Travelling by train from London to Glasgow, one passenger could reduce CO2 emissions by almost 60 per cent compared to flying. In case of a journey to Manchester, this volume could be shortened even more – by 73 per cent. Taking into account security issues at the airports and complicated voyages to them from the city cores, railways provide much more comfortable trips across the United Kingdom.
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I advise avoiding the new high velocity “bullet” trains. Their tickets are much more expensive, and they have non-reclining airplane seating, with no compartments or sleeper wagons.
High speed train stations look like airports, with metal detectors, X-rays booths, restrictions, and armed security. For example you’re not allowed to see friends & relatives off on the platform, or greet them as they come to a rolling stop, like you can with conventional trains. Nor do the train windows open