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Commuters
feel the brunt of fare hike
By
Julian Robinson - Daily Echo - 2nd January 2008
Thousands
of Hampshire commuters are today feeling the brunt of new-year
rail fare hikes. Commuters
were arriving at stations this morning to find that prices had
been increased by an average of 4.8 per
cent. Passengers travelling on South West Trains, Southern and
First Capital Connect have all been affected by the hikes. The
new fares will see a season ticket from Southampton Central to
London Waterloo increase by £180 from £3,952 to £4,132.
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Rail
passengers return to delays and fare rises
By Peter Griffiths - Reuters - 2nd January 2008
Millions of rail passengers suffered delays, disruption
and above-inflation fare rises on Wednesday as they made a bleak
return to work after the Christmas break. Train operators said
the cost of most season tickets will climb by an average of 4.8
percent, while other fares such as cheap day returns will rise
by 5.4 percent. One of the busiest north-south rail lines was
closed after engineering work took longer than expected and London's
busy Liverpool Street was closed for demolition work. To
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Passengers
fight back over rail fare rises
Ben
Webster, Transport Correspondent
Thousands of rail passengers are to stage a fares strike
in protest at tomorrow’s price increases of more than double
the rate of inflation on some of Britain’s least punctual,
most overcrowded lines. Organisers
are planning to build on a successful strike a year ago in the
West Country and will join forces with other groups to hold a
much wider revolt. To read the full article click
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‘No
fare day’ rail protests plan
By
Michael Lea - The Sun Newspaper Political Correspondent - 1st
January 2008
RAIL users will stage a fares “strike” in
protest at price rises of up to 15 per cent. Travellers will be
urged to refuse to buy tickets on a day to be announced later
this month. Peter Andrews, of commuter group More Trains Less
Strain, said passengers were being asked to pay more to travel
in “dreadful conditions”. The rises will kick in tomorrow.
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