Rail fares in England set to rise next year
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j7q452jro
  


Regulated train fares in England are to increase by 4.6% next year, while the price of most railcards will rise by £5, the government has announced. 
 
The increases were not mentioned by the chancellor in her Budget speech to the House of Commons earlier on Wednesday, but it was instead noted in the Treasury's budget document. 
 
The changes will come into force on 2 March 2025. 
 
Elsewhere in the Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out tax increases worth £40bn in a bid to repair public finances and promised billions of extra spending on schools and the NHS.
 


We need train fares to be cheaper, not even more expensive!  -_- Trains are already expensive enough. 

Some train journeys across the UK are most expensive than driving, which is just ridiculous.
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This is such a pain in the arse...
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Yeah, they are rather expensive as it is (perhaps to cover the cost of all the Delay Repay that they have to pay out -_-). And given the sheer cost of rail tickets (and the unreliability of the service in recent years), it's hardly surprising that many people choose to drive instead.

I'll still pay the increased prices (I personally hate driving long distances) - but I won't exactly be happy about it...
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Ugh not again. I’m planning on working full-time in London next year so it’ll be a pain to commute in. I don’t mind if the price of a railcard goes up because I always thought that this was a steal as it was (can pretty much get your money back after one or two long journeys). The ticket inspectors at my station are particularly annoying where they’ve disabled barriers for people to go through automatically so they can check railcards etc. It really jams up the queue in rush hour and annoys people.
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