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Wednesday, 02 January 2019
BBC News
- Rail fares rise by 3.1% in England and WalesThe price hike comes into force on Wednesday despite a 13-year low in punctuality across the network.
The Guardian
- Rail users to mount 'national day of action' over 3.1% fare risePassengers will protest at stations across UK after year of strikes and falling punctuality
- Four reasons why Guardian readers hate taking the train1. They are expensive
The Scotsman
- Rail fare rise: Paying more for poor service – leader comment Read more at: https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/rail-fare-rise-paying-more-for-poor-service-leader-comment-1-4850832 Rail fares have soared in recent years and commuters may respond by taking to the roads, causing increased congestion and air pollution.
Times Online
- Dreams of extending state control are about to run into the buffers [Subscription]So another year ends. I’m not one for reflecting on each passing year’s highlights or lowlights, nor for trying to predict what the next one might bring.
- Times Letters: Improving the privatised railway network [Subscription]Sir, You suggest that rail tickets in the UK are expensive compared with the high level of public subsidy for networks in Europe (“Believe it or not our trains are on the right track”, Comment, Dec 28).
- Commuters hit hard as train fares rise three times faster than wages [Subscription]Train fares have risen almost three times faster than wages since the start of the decade despite anger about delays, overcrowding and strikes.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Fare cheats' could be behind rise in passengers using Frizinghall stationTHE number of people using a Bradford rail station rose by 17 per cent in the past year, but it is thought the reason could partly be down to passenger dishonesty.
Edinburgh Evening News
- Anger at great train ‘rip-off’ as punctuality falls and passengers face fares hike Passengers are being “ripped off” by an increase in rail fares as punctuality across the network plummets to a 13-year low, it has been claimed.
London Evening Standard
- 26-30 railcard: Millennial pass to go on general sale TODAYThe Millennial Railcard will go on general sale at noon today allowing people aged between 26 and 30 discounted train fares.
- Rail passengers stage 'national day of action' in protest at fare increasesRail passengers are staging a 'national day of action' today in protest at fare increases.
Northern Echo
- Middlesbrough MP criticises rail fare hike as train punctuality fallsAndy McDonald, Middlesbrough MP and Labour's shadow transport secretary claimed the latest increases are "an affront to everyone who has had to endure years of chaos on Britain's railways" after the cost of many rail season tickets rose by more than £100.
Wales Online
- Rail fares are going up again from today and this is what it means for the cost of your journeyMore passengers in Wales will have to pay £1,000-plus to travel to work by train
Yorkshire Post
- ‘Kick in the wallet’ for hard-pressed rail users in Yorkshire as fares go up Yorkshire’s long-suffering rail users will get a punishing “kick in the wallet” today as controversial fare rises take effect after a year blighted by timetable chaos and strike action.
Other Regional Press
- Station links to East Lancashire must be improved says reportIMPROVING passenger access to trains travelling to Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Nelson and Colne has been identified as a priority in a report on the future development of Preston railway station for the Lancashire Enterprise partnership.
Rail Magazine
- "Passengers won’t believe this is not fake news!" - Transport Focus Chief on fare increasesTransport Focus has criticised today’s fare rises. Chief Executive Anthony Smith said: “Passengers won’t believe this is not fake news! Rail fares are going up in January after a year blighted by timetable chaos, poor performance and strikes. Until day-to-day reliability returns, with fewer significant delays and cancellations, passenger trust won’t begin to recover.
- Campaign for Better Transport criticises fare risesCampaign for Better Transport has criticised the Government’s decision to press ahead with a rail fare rise of 3.2% today (January 2).
- Greenwood: rail fares rise “a real kick in the teeth”Rail fares are to rise by an average of 3.1% on January 2 2019, with the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) claiming that it’s the fourth time in the past six years that fares have been held below the previous July’s Retail Price Index (RPI) rate.
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