NSEFAN
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It's that time of year again. Well, not just yet:
BBC: Commuters will find out later how much rail fares are to go up next year when inflation figures are released.
It would have been nice to see a cost breakdown to show us where all the money is actually going. I believe around 5% is TOC profit, whilst NR costs are around 45%?
Note I couldn't find a similar thread in existence for this year's fare rises. Apologies if I've duplicated the topic!
BBC: Commuters will find out later how much rail fares are to go up next year when inflation figures are released.
The article has all the usual ingredients: a union representative calling for renationalisation, a passenger's opinion and the DfT putting in a word.Commuters in England face an average 4.1% rise in regulated rail fares - including season tickets - next year.
The above-inflation rise will come in January.
Trade unions have organised protests at stations around the country and called for the rail network to be returned to public ownership.
In Scotland, prices are capped at the rate of inflation, while there is no rise planned in Northern Ireland and the Welsh government has yet to decide.
Regulated fares - those the government controls - will go up by inflation, as measured by the retail prices index (RPI) for July, plus 1%.
RPI fell from 3.3% to 3.1% in July, according to the Office for National Statistics.
'Evidence before ideology'
The TUC's Action for Rail campaign will see demonstrations at almost 50 stations - including London King's Cross, Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly - to protest against the increase....
It would have been nice to see a cost breakdown to show us where all the money is actually going. I believe around 5% is TOC profit, whilst NR costs are around 45%?
Note I couldn't find a similar thread in existence for this year's fare rises. Apologies if I've duplicated the topic!