Sentences with phrase «inflation rail fare»

• Norman Baker, the transport minister, has said that «as soon as the public finances allow» above - inflation rail fare increases should be ended.

Bus services are seeing year - on - year cuts and government is still committed to above - inflation rail fares rises.»

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Their weekly food bills are up, home heating costs are rocketing, the cost of filling the family car to get to work has risen and rail fares have risen in excess of inflation.

But the increase is significantly less than would have been the case had the government not changed its plan to increase regulated rail fares by retail price index inflation plus three per cent.

They want the government to provide «fair pricing» for rail travel and are calling on the Liberal Democrats to live up to their manifesto promise to cut train fares below inflation by one per cent each year.

Inflation figures out this morning have confirmed that rail ticket fares will increase by eight per cent from January next year.

The coalition has insisted that above inflation fare rises will end when the costs of the rail industry are brought down.

The good news is that 1,000 extra rail carriages have been ordered, and a # 500m reconstruction of Birmingham's New Street station will be approved, along with a # 3.5 bn overhaul of the Thameslink route through London.The bad news is that this will take a very long time, and while it's happening fares will continue to shoot up much faster than inflation.