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Title: Rail fares rising twice as fast as wages
Post by: TaplowGreen on August 16, 2016, 08:35:51
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37091018

On the BBC this morning and all over the media generally, not great publicity in the current context of RMT strikes etc..............


Title: Re: Rail fares rising twice as fast as wages
Post by: Bob_Blakey on August 16, 2016, 09:09:43
If Theresa May is true to her words she will instruct the DfT to cancel any RPI-linked fares increase.


Title: Re: Rail fares rising twice as fast as wages
Post by: TaplowGreen on August 17, 2016, 18:27:35
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/16/ministers-consider-exempting-long-suffering-commuters-from-rail/

Interesting thought, but what about all the non commuters who are having to pay more for a poor service?


Title: Re: Rail fares rising twice as fast as wages
Post by: ChrisB on August 27, 2016, 16:34:57
On Southern, I agree.

But many media outlets have picked this up to mean canx the rise actoss the board....which ain't going to happen



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