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Rail passengers to be hit by 4.9% fare increase
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RAIL passengers are to be hit by another excessive fare increase despite chaotic services and late or cancelled trains, the Tory government revealed yesterday.

The Department for Transport has announced an increase of 4.9 per cent in fares from March 2024.

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) said the increase “sums up all that is wrong” with privatised railways.

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