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Anger as rail tickets set to rise by 6 percent (Reuters )
Rail commuters will see their fares rising by an average of 6 percent next year, train company bosses said on Friday, provoking calls from passenger groups for a re-think on how increases are calculated.
Rail passengers are to face big fare increases (ITN )
Rail passengers will face big fare rises in the new year with some tickets going up double the rate of inflation
Rail price rise misery for commuters (Independent)
Rail companies are facing calls to change the way they calculate fare increases, after a loophole in the law allowed them to introduce price rises well above the rate of inflation.
Rail users hit again by fare rises (Times Online)
Rail passengers are to be hit again by big fare rises in the new year with some tickets going up by more than double the rate of inflation despite the economic downturn.
Rail misery as signallers strike (Financial Times)
Thousands of Scottish rail journeys were disrupted on Tuesday as signal workers staged the first of two strikes in a dispute over rosters. Network Rail workers walked out for 24 hours from noon and are due to strike again tomorrow.
Tension grows over funding of Network Rail (Financial Times)
The escalating budget dispute between Network Rail and its regulator has entered a new and more serious phase, with the disclosure on Sunday that the two sides have met the Competition Commission, which rules on financial settlements between the two.
Rail fares set to rise steeply next year (Financial Times)
Rail passengers face the largest single fares increase since privatisation from January, with the average cost of using some services set to rise by as much as 11 per cent.
Rail passengers are to face big fare increases (Channel 4)
Rail passengers will face big fare rises in the new year with some tickets going up by more than double the rate of inflation. Regulated fares which include Season Tickets are rising by an average of 6 per cent from January 2, 2009.
Rail passengers face above-inflation fare rises (Independent)
Rail passengers will face big fare rises in the new year with some tickets going up by more than double the rate of inflation, it was announced today.
Commuters to face inflation-busting 10% rail fare rise in New Year (Daily Mail)
Commuter train fares will rocket by up to 10 per cent from January, rail operators announced today. Rises far outstripping inflation will come into effect on 2 January in a New Year blow to travellers.