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#1
14th August 2009, 10:20
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Train fares to rise by up to 20% (BBC News)
Many passengers using First Great Western rail services will see their fares rise by up to 20% in September.
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#2
14th August 2009, 23:48
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Why does it not surprise me that this is being proposed by a member of First group ?
 
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15th August 2009, 05:03
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20% !!! how can they justify that, is it to fill the fat cats bowl with more cream and what a time to announce this when everyone is struggling to pay everything else that has gone through the roof. It will not be worth First passengers to go to work in future because they won`t have anything left to pay their fare to go to work on their trains.
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15th August 2009, 12:24
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I have found recently when trying to organise family days out by rail ( 2 years ago we were doing 10 or more per year) are now either uneconomical to use or 'affordable and short notice' tickets have destination arrival times so late in the day as to only to leave a couple of hours there. so in my case they are losing money not gaining by increasing fares. Remember public transport cited high fuel costs as the major reason for the fare increases but fuel has now dropped significantly so why have the fares not dropped in line. I agree with you guys.
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