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    Train fares: everyone knows they’re wrong, but no government is brave enough to fix them

    by Simon Calder Mar 03, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: Simon Calder

    Just when the could get no worse: seamlessly following on from the latest bout of industrial action, have increased. Someone who shuttles between Peterborough and London has endured 20 months (and counting) of regular strikes by unhappy rail workers, interspersed with frequent failures of track, signal and overhead wires. And they wake this morning to find the cost of commuting with an annual season ticket has risen by over £450.

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