Rail fares rise March 2025 – passenger watchdog response

02 March 2025

Commenting on rail fares rising by 4.6 per cent, Transport Focus Chief Executive Alex Robertson, said:

“Our research shows there is a clear mismatch between ticket prices and the service people receive. This needs to change.

“Passengers also know that someone must pay for the railway and funding can only come from fares or taxes. We recognise the difficult balance that must be struck between these two sources of income and that the Secretary of State must ultimately decide where the line is drawn.

“What passengers will rightly expect now is to see improvements for the money they have paid. A simpler, easier to understand fare structure also can’t come soon enough and would attract more people back onto the railway.”

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