{"id":702595,"date":"2022-12-22T14:59:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T14:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=702595"},"modified":"2022-12-22T14:59:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T14:59:45","slug":"rail-fare-due-to-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/rail-fare-due-to-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Rail Fare due to Rise!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rail fares in England are due to rise from March 2023. This will rise by 5.9%, this has come from the department for transporting. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The rise is being capped at a level well below inflation. This is to help reduce the impact on passengers.<\/p>\n

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Labour called the hike – which is still the second highest on record – “a sick joke”, while a watchdog said passengers were not getting value for money.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fares will officially rise on 5 March 2023.<\/p>\n

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Image Credit: Denis Belitsky<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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“This savage fare hike will be a sick joke for millions reliant on crumbling services,” said shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“People up and down this country are paying the price for 12 years of Tory failure.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The train fares were due to rise higher, however due to inflation, the train fare has been capped at 5.9% rather than going up by 12.3% which was the plan.<\/p>\n

Labour said average fares had risen by 58% since 2010, twice as fast as wages.<\/p>\n

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