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Title: Oxford Passengers "Furious" At "Better Fare Deal" For Swindon/West Country Post by: Lee on January 02, 2008, 12:52:51 Passenger group Ox Rail Action labelled the decision a "slap in the face" for Oxford commuters (link below.)
http://oxfordmail.net/display.var.1935938.0.rail_passengers_face_price_hike.php Title: Re: Oxford Passengers "Furious" At "Better Fare Deal" For Swindon/West Country Post by: devon_metro on January 02, 2008, 15:15:30 Sounds like they have too much money for their own good.
Jelous about people who don't take the same journey as them! Title: Re: Oxford Passengers "Furious" At "Better Fare Deal" For Swindon/West Country Post by: Ollie on January 02, 2008, 23:12:19 Shame they don't pay attention to what commuters from Swindon already pay on a typical Peak Return.
Title: Re: Oxford Passengers "Furious" At "Better Fare Deal" For Swindon/West Country Post by: grahame on January 03, 2008, 07:20:10 New fares - Oxford to London, 22.50 Single. Swindon to London - 49.00 single. I know that the users at Oxford station are really furious at the big percentage increase, ...
Title: Re: Oxford Passengers "Furious" At "Better Fare Deal" For Swindon/West Country Post by: SusanW on January 03, 2008, 20:53:43 As someone who has commuted from Oxford (^360 a month) and now Swindon (^580 a month), I have to say that the old prices I used to pay from Oxford seem like a dream now! However, when you can only compare to say, the Oxford tube coach service (^900 a year), it does still seem expensive at the time.
I do think that the service is better from Swindon - much more frequent trains and not so many problems, however it is not twice as good! Perhaps we should set up a 'Commuters Beyond Didcot' action group and campaign to reduce these discrepancies in fares..... This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |