CAMPAIGNERS expressed anger after new rail fare rises of up to 3 per cent were announced yesterday, branding the new prices a “kick in the teeth.”

Train ticket increases of approximately 2.7 per cent are due to land in January under a new ticket-pricing policy based on the retail price index.

The rise is significantly higher than the consumer price index rate of inflation, which currently stands at 1.8 per cent, and is expected to cost millions of commuters more than £100 each in extra travel costs.