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Title: Ticket prices to rise by 30% Post by: martyjon on July 11, 2007, 07:35:39 Heard twice this am (11/07/07) on Radio 4 that a report in todays Times states that the government has done a secret deal with train companies to raise ticket prices by 30% over the next 8 years. This is an attempt by the government to rid the privatised rail industry of its reliance on public subsidy of ^6 1/2 billion annual subsidy.
Maybe someone with a bit more time than me can investigate and post the link to The Times article. Title: Re: Ticket prices to rise by 30% Post by: whistleblower on July 11, 2007, 08:57:38 Maybe someone with a bit more time than me can investigate and post the link to The Times article. http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/article2056540.ece (http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/article2056540.ece) Title: Re: Ticket prices to rise by 30% Post by: Lee on July 11, 2007, 09:51:35 Here are a couple of background links for you.
http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2770.msg5974#msg5974 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2919.msg6199#msg6199 Title: Re: Ticket prices to rise by 30% Post by: Lee on July 12, 2007, 12:18:52 Transport 2000 have entered the fray regarding this (link below.)
http://www.transport2000.org.uk/news/maintainNewsArticles.asp?NewsArticleID=396 Title: Re: Ticket prices to rise by 30% Post by: Lee on July 13, 2007, 11:22:46 As have Passenger Focus (link below.)
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