It's a great concept if you can do it (and I'm the proud possessor of a Senior Citizen Railcard), but there are often things which make it very difficult. I live 5 miles from the nearest station, so I have to be driven or drive to the station car park to start with. Then there's the complexity of the journey - changes from one line to another, with perhaps a bus or taxi ride at the other end - and then the question: when does the last bus/train leave? Some venues can be in quite remote locations or in areas with poor public transport.

So, it's much simpler to pop the instruments into the old Volvo, switch on the SatNav (if a newly-visited venue) and trundle along to the door in comfort.

When I was gigging in London, many years ago, I used to take a guitar and small amp everywhere by tube. But then, the price of the tube fare from Queensway to Oxford Circus was... 4d (yes, d, not p).