For occasional use, that doesn't seem like it would be a problem?
It's still a chunk less than a ~180 mile train ticket.
It's still a chunk less than a ~180 mile train ticket.
Yes, after you've paid a premium for the vehicle. By the same logic is cheaper to take the bicycle, but we are not comparing apples to oranges.
Petrol alone would cost about £65 in my car, parking another £20 at least, and it would be an hour slower each way.
A poorer person, who can't afford a car at all, has a £40 per-person advance-booked direct train as the optimum case. Their real cost is likely to be more with connections, or the time could be a lot more with a bus (£15-20) instead.