Railway
travelling
One of the most incomprehensible aspects of
living in Britain is the price of rail travel. As more and more people are
forced out of London by exorbitant property prices the demand for commuter trains
increases. More and more people forced to travel on these overpriced amenities
means that fares rose even further. At the moment an inflation busting 5.6%
increase in fares is being forecast for next year. The inflation rate at the
adjusted total is currently 1.9%.
All of this spells more misery for commuters
and the other question is why is rail travel generally so expensive in the UK.
Conventional wisdom is that it is the way the tendering system is set up and
the rail companies will argue that tickets booked in advance are cheaper.
However the fact remains that it is cheaper
to buy an air ticket to Greece than to travel to the North of England by train!
