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Sunday, 01 December 2019

BBC News

• Average fares on Welsh-run trains set to fall in 2020Transport for Wales says some passengers will pay less in 2020 - but there will be some rises.

The Telegraph

• Labour in talks with TfL about rolling out touch and go across the country [subscription]Jeremy Corbyn’s team are in talks with Transport for London about implementing the capital's contactless ticketing system across the country, with daily price caps for bus, tram and rail passengers travelling within towns and cities.

Times Online

• Rail upgrade to bury Devon beach under ‘22 football pitches of concrete’ [Transport]Locals are accusing Network Rail of taking the cheap option to protect 1½ miles of track from the sea

City AM

• Train companies to hike rail fares as commuters brace for strike chaosMillions of commuters will have to fork out even more on travel from January as UK train companies hike fares [...] The post Train companies to hike rail fares as commuters brace for strike chaos appeared first on CityAM.

Mail Online

• Labour plotting rail ticket rival to £2.2bn Trainline - Corbyn's new one-stop shop would 'decimate' UK tech titanThe Labour Party is preparing to launch a direct rival to Trainline as part of its nationalisation plans in a move that could 'decimate' the rail ticket-selling giant's business.

Bristol Live

• Thameslink is adding extra through London Saturday services to its timetable for passengers in Surrey and West Sussex.'Are you having a laugh?! There isn't even enough room to go full Corbyn and sit on the floor!'

London Evening Standard

• Rail fare price rise: Train ticket costs to increase by 2.7 per cent on averageRail fares are going to rise by an average of 2.7 per cent in January, according to train companies.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Commuters welcome promises for faster trains and more seats between Nottingham and London St PancrasEMR has said the line improvements will enable journeys to London to become up to 30 minutes faster

Wales Online

• People are furious about train services into Cardiff so packed they can't get onRugby fans travelling to Cardiff for Wales v Barbarians are furious as trains are so full that they can't get on.

Get Surrey

• Extra Saturday through London services added to Thameslink timetable through Surrey and West SussexThameslink is adding extra through London Saturday services to its timetable for passengers in Surrey and West Sussex.
• Rail fare increase to hit Surrey commuters day after South Western Railway strike endsAn increase in rail fares will be introduced the day after a scheduled 27-day strike on South Western Railway (SWR) is set to end.

Railnews

• January fare rises will be ˜held below inflation™ Rail fares will rise by an average of 2.7 per cent in January, and train operators pointed out that this increase would be below last July™s RPI figure of 2.8 per cent. The Rail Delivery Group also pledged that its member operators ˜want to work with any future government to make fares easier for customers by reforming outdated regulations™. RDG chief executive Paul Plummer said: ˜We understand that no one wants to pay more to travel, which is why train companies have for the third year in a row held the average fare increases below inflation while still investing to improve journeys.™

Other News Sources

• Scotrail train fares to increase in JanuaryA season ticket for train travel between Edinburgh and Glasgow could rise by £114 to £4,198.