Sentences with phrase «rail fare rises»

The cash saved will be used to pay for a freeze on fuel duty to placate exasperated motorists; a cap on rail fare rises; and to help fund scores of infrastructure projects, from the Kettering bypass to a new bridge across the Thames.

Speaking to Iain Dale on LBC, the transport secretary found himself not only having to defend rail fare rises - but also his own jetsetting.

Rail fare rises under Tories are «truly staggering» — Andy McDonald MP Labour compared costs on over 180 routes between when the Conservatives came to power and new prices that... Read more

Commuters who were yet again delayed coming into London Bridge have expressed disgust, anger and disbelief at news of rail fare rises.

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

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A railway chaplain has sympathised with rail passengers who traveled on the first working day of 2018 and were hit with the largest fare rise in five years.

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.

When you factor in that the people most affected by the rise in commuting fares (especially season tickets) are middle - class and often located in marginal constituencies, rail fares get a lot of political attention.

There is welcome investment going into transport in London and into the national rail network, but the relentless rise in fares risks many people no longer being able to afford to use the network.

«If schemes like Crossrail, the bringing of local rail services under London's control with London Overground, Tube modernisation and the management of our buses go wrong, they are so large they will create not only a transport but a financial disaster for London with huge rises in fares and business rates.»

The coalition announced in the comprehensive spending review that rail fares would rise by RPI plus three per cent every year until 2015.

The Labour leader said on Monday he was «not talking about the reshuffle» as he appeared at King's Cross station in London as part of a campaign against rising rail fares.

«The cap on regulated rail fares will rise to RPI +3 per cent for the three years from 2012... The Secretary of State will set out how more of the transport money will be allocated next week.

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

Brazilians railed against rising bus fares, while Chileans rejected higher college - tuition fees.

With 2016 train ticket prices published today, rail industry leaders have confirmed that fares will rise on average by 1.1 per cent next year, the smallest annual increase for six years.