Article HQ4S Rail fares to rise 1% after latest inflation data

Rail fares to rise 1% after latest inflation data

by
Shane Hickey
from on (#HQ4S)

Increase comes despite claims from campaigners that train tickets are rising three times faster than wages and service is deteriorating

Rail fares will rise by 1% from January after the announcement of July's retail prices index inflation figure, which helps determine regulated train fares for the next year.

Details of the rise follow a study which claimed that season tickets and other regulated fares had increased nearly three times faster than wages over the past five years.

Related: Unions protest as rail fares rise three times faster than wages over five years

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