Protests over 'massive' rail fares hike as unions warn of £5,000 a year season tickets [Independent]
Date: 14/08/2012
Tens of thousands of rail commuters will have to pay more than £5,000 a year for their season tickets after new rises come into effect in January, a union warned today.
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Commuters plead with Osborne to prevent 10 per cent rise in rail fares
Independent
Protests at stations after shock inflation rise means annual hike will be bigger than expected
Rail fare rises: Commuters face £100-a-week prices as tickets rise by up to 11pc
Telegraph
Tens of thousands of Home Counties commuters will find themselves paying at least £100 a week to get to work thanks to the latest round of fare rises.
Rail fares set to rise by 6.2%
BBC News
Some rail fares will rise by an average of 6.2% in England and 4.2% in Scotland in January following a bigger-than-expected rise in the rate of inflation.
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Location: Inverkeithing
Company: Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
19/06/2006 John Furnevel
Location: Inverkeithing
Company: Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
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Location: Darsham
Company: Halesworth to Woodbridge Extension (East Suffolk Railway)
08/05/1984 Mark Dufton
Location: Darsham
Company: Halesworth to Woodbridge Extension (East Suffolk Railway)
08/05/1984 Mark Dufton
Morning commuters arriving off DMUs from Stratford-Upon-Avon and Leamington Spa at Birmingham Moor Street station in 1981.
Location: Birmingham Moor Street
Company: Great Western Railway
05/05/1981 Ian Dinmore
Location: Birmingham Moor Street
Company: Great Western Railway
05/05/1981 Ian Dinmore
