It's cheaper to jet off on holidays to Europe, enjoy a several nights' stay and then head back to the UK than it is to take the train, analysis by the Mirror has found.
The enormous difference between the cost of travelling by train - which is much more environmentally per mile - than by plane underscores what Which? magazine calls the "near impossible" decision travellers face.
The issue was brought to light this week when Sunderland fan James Jelly booked himself and his girlfriend on a flight from Newcastle to Menorca, and then on to London the next day after a night's sleep and breakfast.
