Government regulated
rail fares went up by an average of 3.1 per cent today, making UK commuters some of the most hard - pressed in Europe.
Not exact matches
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.»
That means
rail fares will
go up by eight per cent - nearly four times greater than the 2.2 % increase in wages expected by 2012.
«How can we
go back to our constituencies and look our electors back in the eye who are paying more for their food,
rail fares...» he's talking exclusively to his Tory colleagues, ignoring the opposition benches completely.
You know, there a bunch of hearings
going on regarding the raising of
rail fares and bus
fares.
Rail fares have
gone up by an average of 3.4 per cent in the UK, the highest increase in five years.