This morning we set off to go up to London to go to the V&A to see a couple of exhibitions. Went to our new Chiltern Rail station. Instant suspicion, only two cars in the free car park.  No trains cos of engineering works and no railway-run bus link from that station to one with trains.  Drove to Haddenham.  They had bus links, but the next “train” wouldn’t get us into London until nearly 2 hours later and the tickets were £23.80 each!  Decided not to bother, too expensive & too little time there.  Prefer a lunch out at those prices.  I looked into a railcard.  It gave 1/3 off but only to the holder & it cost £26 for a year.  I don’t catch that many trains.  No wonder few people use public transport.