Commuters struggling to cope with above-inflation new year rail fare rises were faced with more misery when station car park charges increased by up to 33 per cent. The rises were branded a ‘rip off’ by unions and one passenger group said commuters had been hit with a ‘double whammy’. Southeastern, which runs services between [...]
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Train companies accused over parking charge rises
Train operators have been accused of topping up their profits by increasing the cost of car parking. Hundreds of station car parks in England – many in the Home Counties – saw prices go up by at least twice the rate of inflation this month. Commuters and motoring groups say the rises are excessive and bigger [...]
EPPING FOREST: Decision day for parking reviews
Decision day is looming on whether the council will continue with the district’s three parking reviews. Members of Epping Forest District Council’s cabinet are due to vote next week on whether to spend an additional £556,000 to provide long called for parking restrictions in Epping, Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell. The reviews, which stretch back to [...]
Rail Station Car Parking Costs Soaring
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 [...]
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 [...]