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Labour's rail nationalisation must bring ‘real change’ on fares
A general view of a person holding train tickets at Waterloo train station in London
LABOUR’S rail nationalisation must also bring “real change” on fares, campaigners demanded today as new figures signalled that further increases could be on the horizon.
The Office for National Statistics found that rail fares could rise by at least 3.6 per cent when measured according to the latest retail prices index inflation figures.
Rail fares had historically been set using RPI, which until 2023 was used by the governments to set the cap on rises in regulated fares in England.
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