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Oh dear. What appalling publicity for the railways today. I know the TOC's can raise fares by such an amount because the inflation rate was high at
whatever date it was but that was really just due to luck (good or bad depending on your point of view).
I don't believe the average passenger (sorry, customer) will believe it can possibly be justified with the vague promise of investment leading to a better service some time in the future. What they want is a better service TODAY which means more coaches and more seats, better timekeeping, no more turning services back short of their destination (just to massage punctuality figures), lines closed for maintenance with substitute bus services and not fares (particularly walk-on) so high that you need a bank loan before buying a ticket.
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