Price increases of up to 50% have been seen as a rail company tactic to offset the expected fare revenue cuts enforced by new regulations starting in January, 2010.
Virgin alone has increased costs by 25-50% along their West Coast Line and First Great Western has increased charges by 30%.
These increases are disproportionate to the 0.4% [...]
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Rail Station Car Parking Costs Soaring
Rail station car parks branded a “rip-off”
LONDON (Reuters) – Rail passengers are being ripped off for millions of pounds by train firms, with customers at Manchester and Birmingham paying 55 pounds for four hours, according to a union on Monday.
The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, which carried out a survey at 1,000 stations in England and Scotland, said rail companies charged more [...]
