Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Brit train fares

Monthly rail season ticket cost

🇬🇧Chelmsford➡️London £393
🇬🇧Manchester➡️Liverpool £257
🇧🇪Ghent➡️Brussels £150
🇩🇪Eberswalde➡️Berlin £120
🇮🇪Drogheda➡️Dublin £116
🇫🇷Etampes➡️Paris £68

The most expensive rail fares in Europe go up 3.1% again today.


We need public ownership now.

Hat tip TUC above and below

Rail fares since 2010
2010🔺8% 2011🔺7.1% 2012🔺4.8% 2013🔺4.2% 2014🔺3.3% 2015🔺2.1% 2016🔺0.3% 2017🔺2.8% 2018🔺3.6% 2019🔺3.1%
Decade🔺46.8% (Average wage🔺22.3%) Rail fares have risen faster than wages in nine of the last ten years. We need public ownership now.

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