Rail fares to rise yet again – this time by 2.8 per cent
This is more evidence to support Labour’s plan to re-nationalise the UK’s railways.
Regulated train fares are set to rise by 2.8 per cent next year, in line with the July rate of Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation.
Commuters from the new transport secretary’s constituency will pay an extra £84 a year to get to work in London from the start of 2020.
Grant Shapps is MP for Welwyn Hatfield. From January next year, the price of an annual season ticket from Welwyn Garden City to London will rise from £3,016 to £3,100.
Source: Rail fares set to rise by 2.8% in 2020 | The Independent
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Tories lining theirs, and the pockets of their wealthy cronies yet again.