Rail Fares Up

[mynah]

Just looked on Trainline website.

From my local station to London an annual season ticket is ?5564 or ?24.72 per journey based on 225 journeys ( 5 days a week for 45 weeks).

A standard class peak return is now ?81 or ?18225 for 225 journeys .

An off-peak return (first available train arrives London 10:30 but no return restrictions - yet!) is ?30.00 or ?6750 for 225 journeys.

The fare structure needs sorting out.
The season ticket represents a discount of almost 70%.
Even if the peak return was more reasonable at around ?50 the season ticket would represent a 50% discount.
What other service or product is available in bulk at such high discounts at the time of greatest demand?

[JonnyHungwell]

This country really is finished. Just too many people and those at the top just cream off all the money. We'll never have a country that runs like the rest of Europe when it comes to transport. We need a war to kill off about 20M people, then start again with a new government and a new direction - because this is as good as it gets,

[mrmcfister]

But remember we are a very wealthy country and many companies pay these stupid fares for their staff.

[hotmandy69]

its sad times!