By 1929 the journey from Presteigne to London Paddington took six hours and there were three trains each way on a weekday. In the 1920s a single 1st class fare to London was 34s 11d, and 3rd was 21s 0d. In the 1930s you could travel to London return from Titley Junction for 19s 8d (about 98p). The train left Titley at 7.24am and arrived in London at 11am via Leominster, Bromyard and Worcester. The return train left Paddington at 5.15pm and arrived at Titley by 9.27pm.
