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Northern commuters face big rise in fares for evening travel
Extension of peak rail fares hits travellers in Leeds, Manchester, Bradford, Sheffield and NewcastleRail passengers in the north of England are facing large increases in the cost of travel after the introduction of peak evening fares on train services from Monday.The new rules mean passengers in Greater Manchester and parts of urban Yorkshire will no longer be able to buy off-peak return tickets for travel between 4pm and 6.30pm. Peak or "Anytime" tickets cost typically 40-50% more than off-peak fares. Continue reading...
Monday, 08 September 2014
BBC News
- Commuter rail fares frozen - OsborneCommuter rail fares in England will be frozen in real terms for another year, Chancellor George Osborne announces.
Financial Times
- Rail fares frozen – but not for allSome ‘unregulated’ ticket prices – including those in the chancellor’s Tatton constituency – are set to rise by more than 50 per cent
The Guardian
- Northern commuters face big rise in fares for evening travelExtension of peak rail fares hits travellers in Leeds, Manchester, Bradford, Sheffield and NewcastleRail passengers in the north of England are facing large increases in the cost of travel after the introduction of peak evening fares on train services from Monday.The new rules mean passengers in Greater Manchester and parts of urban Yorkshire will no longer be able to buy off-peak return tickets for travel between 4pm and 6.30pm. Peak or "Anytime" tickets cost typically 40-50% more than off-peak fares. Continue reading...
- Northern Rail is a disgraceIts an insult that Northern Rail is putting up ticket prices when the service they offer is so reliably terrible, says the Guardians northern editor, Helen PiddI never travel with Northern Rail if I can help it, and not just because I have a car and some of their services are so slow that its quicker to drive or cycle, or walk, on a really bad day. Nor is it because so many of their bone-shaking Pacer trains are so knackered that British Rail donated a load to Iran back in the day, where these buses on rails are now considered too antiquated to continue in active service. No, I avoid Northern...
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The Telegraph
- The 117 per cent rail fare rise now arrivingPassengers using the Northern Rail train company will experience price rises described by unions as a 'kick in the teeth'
- Rail fare rises will be capped, says George OsborneGeorge Osborne announces that rail fares will rise only by the rate of inflation in 2015, as train firms lose flexibility to raise individual regulated fares
Mail Online
- Fury as rail fares in the north rise by up to 162% from today Changes imposed mean Northern Rail customers will see astronomical fare rises come today. Labour say commuters are paying the price for the 'Government’s West Coast franchise fiasco'.
This is Money
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Birmingham Post
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London Evening Standard
- Rail fare increase set to be capped next year Some of the pain of the rise in rail fares this January is to be eased with a cap, finance minister George Osborne said.
Manchester Evening News
- North west firms secure Hitachi train contractsHitachi is working with 30 UK based suppliers including Manchester-based BMAC, which is supplying lighting, Exova in Warrington which is supplying fire testing systems and wheelsets will be supplied by Lucchini UK, also located in Manchester.
Nottingham Evening Post
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The York Press
- MOR Music rocks the NRM THE National Railway Museum played host to a York music festival this weekend.
East Anglian Daily Times
- UK: Chancellor George Osborne announces rail fare freezeChancellor George Osborne has announced the freeze on regulated rail fare rises will be extended for a further year into 2015.
Other Regional Press
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- 'We'll be the centre of the rail universe' Over the past few years it seems to have been full steam ahead for Oxfordshire’s growing rail network, and the growth doesn’t seem to be showing any sign of stopping. Damian Fantato reports.
- Northern Rail criticised for bringing in peak train fares at teatimes from todayChanges affect all routes in and out of Huddersfield
Other News Sources
- New South West Trains carriages set to be in service by 2018The £210 million order will allow deliver an extra 18,000 passengers with the trains being used on the company's main suburban network
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