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Students travelling from all over the country to York will face a substantial rise in fares from January.
All local train companies will be raising their fares by about five per cent, which is in line with the nation average that was announced by the Association of Train Operating Companies last week.
East Coast, the nationalised rail company which runs trains to destinations like Edinburgh and London has said that fares will go up by 5.4%. Their rival Grand Central will also be more expensive, with the ‘anytime’ single fare to London going up from £62 to £65, and a single off peak ticket rising from £39 to £45.
Although advanced ticket purchases will be frozen, Cross Country Trains which run trains from York to places such as Bristol, Birmingham and Newcastle will raise fares by 7.4%.
Other train companies Northern Rail and TransPennine Express, who run trains from York to Leeds, Harrogate, Selby, Liverpool, Manchester and Scarborough, will also raise their fares by 6.2%.
Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) said that the above inflation fare rises nationwide were the result of a change in government policy in recent years, which had sought to sustain investment in the railways by reducing the amount that taxpayers contributed and requiring passengers to pay more. The Coalition Government’s plan put forward in the Comprehensive Spending Review is to raise train fares by a possible 30-40% before 2015.
"The Coalition Government’s plan put forward in the Comprehensive Spending Review is to raise train fares by a possible 30-40% before 2015."
WHAT. Fares are ALREADY too expensive!
Because increasing fares is the BEST way to get people to use the trains...
Well you know what the answer is there then...get your ticket in advance! It's South Eastern trains, used by thousands commuting to London every day, that are actually worth complaining about!
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