So... how much has your rail fare/season ticket gone up by?

[mcshroom]

In a few cases they haven't, like us on the Cumbrian Coastal line, but we owe our branch-line's existence to nuclear trains for Sellafield

 

[snorri]

Trains are there for one reason - to transport people who choose to work in cities from their out-of-city-homes to the city...the countryside (the proper countryside, not 'the suburbs') has been forgotten.

No use girning on here Noodley, if that is what you think make your feelings known online at www.transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk after reading RAIL2014-PUBLIC CONSULTATION. Closing date for responses 20th February 2012, so plenty of time to consider.

 

[GM]

My train fares are the same as last year and the year before £0.00. One of the pleasures of being 62 with a Freedom Pass!

 

[headcoat]

£5.65 to £5.90 (around 4%) but at least they are going to plow the money back to improvements and seeing as Merseyrail claim their performance figures are 92%, then next year they should be 96%, or that too much to ask for

BTW My first train was two minutes late this morning!

 

[marinyork]

Many of the suburban stations that survived in many other cities/towns went here. So 'no trains' in that sense. Interestingly enough it looks as though the main bus company has frozen their fares yet again - am somewhat surprised at that.

 

[MissTillyFlop]

£2 to £34.20 per week for zones 1-3

 

[srw]

Up 40p to £9.40 for a zone 1-9 peaktime single. Some complex formula for coming home, depending on what time of day it is. I only do London 2-3 times a week, so there's no benefit in a season ticket.

 

[brokenflipflop]

How does that work when "the missus takes the kids round the corner to school in it every day?

I lied. I don't commute at all. I just put that because I thought it was funny. I just walk to my van and....I'm in work.

 

[PBancroft]

South Today interviewed a few people on my train this morning (they asked me, but I said no). Almost everyone I overheard said something along the lines of "its a bit annoying the prices have gone up, but its still cheaper than driving and paying to park" except for one or two who, truth be told, did seem to be paying rather a lot and were quite vocal about it.

I haven't watched the newscast yet, but I can guess which views will be broadcast and which will hit the cutting room floor.

I buy my ticket monthly. Mine has gone up from £102 to £108.

 

[Flying Dodo]

The ticket I buy most often is a return from Luton to London at the weekend. With a railcard, it's £5.95, and it hasn't altered in price. How shocking.

When it's that cheap, I can't be bothered to spend 2 hours cycling into London. I have no other sins to confess.

 

[subaqua]

not needed to use the oyster yet this year, but i usually get a weekly zone 1-4 and that used to be £35ish.

with the amount we actually use a car , and when we do it is needed, i would be happy with abolition of VED at current rates and it all stuck on fuel. then you pay for what you use . and insurance based on a black box type thingy so it knows when the car is moving and charged accordingly . all a bit brother for some tinfoil hat people but it might work. currently pay £450 a year VED for a vehicle that does less than 4000 miles a year (254g/Km). yet somebopdy with a vehicle that emits 100g/Km and does 20,000 miles pays less even thopugh they emit more - a tax on emisions - don't think so .

 

[swampyseifer]

Well, I only buy monthly tickets, even tho a yearly would probably be cheaper...its now £423.20, it was £397.50. If I chose to get an annual ticket, it would be £4408!

On top of that I use around £35 a month on Oyster top-ups to get to work and back and the occasional visit to another office in the borough.