The Association of Train Operating Companies has recently announced rail fares are set to rise by an average of 1.1 per cent in January 2010.Not too painful to most, especially considering that this increase is reportedly the lowest price rise since privatisation was introduced in the mid 90s. The pain starts to feed through however when one takes the time to check what has happened to retail prices. Retail prices have in fact reduced by some 1.4% when looking at the month in which they use to calculate these increases. These new rail prices could potentially be interpreted therefore as a 2.5% increase.
London rail users however fair even worse as South Eastern has announced increases of 1.6% and one can only sympathise with users along some of the East Coast lines who recently took over the troubled Inter City East Coast rail franchise. They are to see some journey prices increased by up to 5%.
These disappointing increases could be the end of the line for some commuters, particualrly in London, who may well forego the hustle and bustle of the trains in return for their cars.
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