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Rail passengers could pay £150 more to travel next year
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RAIL passengers face yet another “kick in the teeth” from a predicted 3.5 per cent fare increase next year, transport workers warn today.
Long-distance commuters will have to pay an extra £150 a year to get to work if economists’ predictions are correct.
The exact fare rise will be confirmed on Wednesday when July’s retail prices index (RPI) measure of inflation is released by the Office for National Statistics.
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