Commuters to pay an average of 2.7 % more for train tickets

Friday, January 3, 2020

Millions of commuters have been hit by the hike in rail fares which rose by 2.7%, the rise was announced by the Railway Delivery Group in November  and is lower than the 3.1% increase at the start of the year.

But for annual passes many commuters will face an increase of more than  £100.

According to the government Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said that they were committed to put the passengers first by funding trails for the flexible fares.

The fragmented system will be tackled by him and the process to end the franchise for the rail service Northern’s performance was termed as ‘ completely unacceptable’.

In a matter of weeks the final decision on the Northern franchise is expected.

The fare increases enabled investment in the railway that would help in the railways to bring improvements.

It is expected that the changes will take time but people will see things moving in the right direction.

Labour’s shadow transport secretary, Andy McDonald mentioned that  the rise showed passengers were once again paying more for less under the Tories.

David Sidebottom, watchdog director  said that after a year of pretty poor performance in some areas, passengers just want a consistent day-to-day service they can rely on and a better chance of getting a seat.

In order to ‘offset’ the cost of the fare rises he encouraged passengers to claim compensation for eligible delays.

Robert Nisbet, director of nations and regions for Rail Delivery Group, said  that rail companies were investing in improving journeys while holding fare increases below inflation.

The Britain’s rail fleet  will be adding 1,000 more carriages and 1,000 extra weekly services in 2020.

At the moment there is record level of investment going into the railway at the moment.

They are trying to make punctuality better across the board and those who suffer poor punctuality in areas of the country which could be due to several reasons he apologized.

In July, August and September 2019 as per the official statistics that just over one in three trains failed to arrive on time although that figure was an improvement on the previous year.

The government in England, Scotland and Wales said that about 40% of annual rail price rises was regulated and were pegged to the Retail Prices Index ( RPI ) inflation measures for the previous July.

The train companies decide other fare rises and the RPI inflation was 2.8% last year.

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