Rail fares are set to rise by an average of 2.3% from January 2, it has been announced.
The increase covers both regulated fares, which includes season tickets, and unregulated fares, such as off-peak leisure tickets.
The rise is higher than last year’s, which was an increase of 1.1%, and the highest since 2014.
Meanwhile, there are hopes that spare rolling stock from the Gatwick Express could be transferred to Arriva Trains Wales in a bid to ease passenger congestion.
Commenting on recent reports of the possibility, an Arriva Trains Wales spokeswoman said: “We continue to work closely with the Welsh Government to explore all available options to secure extra trains for our network and are striving to identify solutions that could deliver additional short-term capacity.”
No surprise here then. A German company, Deutsche Bahn which has the German government as its single share holder, is set to make a better profit.
There is certainly a need for better rolling stock, ex British Rail loco drawn carriages, as were used about 15 years ago, were miles better than the bone shakers the Germans are providing for us Welsh peasants now.
Still, good we are still helping the German balance of payments. I bet the Remainers are so pleased that we continue to be generous to our EU ‘partners.’
French and German governments use profits from UK train operators fleecing UK passengers to subsidise rail travel for French and German passengers, why do we in UK always get a raw deal on everything.
This is what happens when a private company runs a public service. Its shocking how poor our train service is compared to those in Europe.
Yes, I agree on both counts. I would be happy to see the rail service nationalised. It is not as if private companies are running a good service independent of the public purse. These companies are heavily subsidised by the tax payer and yet we suffer from a poorer service than our neigbour countries who have state run railways.