A Grand Day Out ; What Do You Get for a Pounds 1,000 Train Fare? 800 Miles, 52 Stations, 5 Changes and a Curry Break..

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FOR a thousand hard-earned pounds, you could fly halfway round the world to Sydney... and back again.

But we revealed this week that train bosses want a staggering pounds 1,002 for a first-class return from Cornwall to Scotland by rail!

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A Grand Day Out ; What Do You Get for a Pounds 1,000 Train Fare? 800 Miles, 52 Stations, 5 Changes and a Curry Break..

So what do you get for your cash? Well, five changes and no hot meal for starters... JAMES ORR jumped on board for the epic 800- mile trek.

WE leave Newquay station bang on time. But we're not exactly travelling in style. The First GreatWestern leg t...