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Arriva Trains Wales Fares Rise By Up To A Third
« on: May 10, 2007, 11:21:48 AM »
Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) , part of rail and bus group Arriva PLC , is increasing the price of some of its fares by up to 34 pct (links below.)
http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/05/arriva_trains_wales_fares_rise.html#more

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6663963.stm

Arriva , which provides all local and regional train services in Wales , is abolishing off-peak Super Saver tickets from May 20.
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Re: Arriva Trains Wales Fares Rise By Up To A Third
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2007, 10:40:29 AM »
Here is a further link on this.
http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/05/watchdog_slams_rail_fares_hike.html#more

Interesting quotes from Passenger Focus :

“This move further erodes the ability to arrive at the station and buy a ticket for immediate travel."

“Before putting up fares, Arriva Trains Wales should ensure they collect all the fares that are due to them."

“We recently carried out a mystery shopping exercise and 25% of our researchers were unable to buy a ticket either because there were no facilities at the station, or they couldn’t find a guard on board the train to sell them one.”
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Re: Arriva Trains Wales Fares Rise By Up To A Third
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2007, 05:51:11 PM »
Arriva has backtracked on a controversial fares increase which made travelling from North Wales to Cardiff more expensive than North Wales to London (link below.)
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=arriva-backtracks-over-its-shocking-34%2D-fares-hike%26method=full%26objectid=19400832%26siteid=50082-name_page.html

The company was heavily criticised earlier this year for changing its ticketing structure , meaning price hikes of 34% on one route and big increases across Wales.

Now it has backtracked , introducing cheaper fares for long-distance journeys , and capping the maximum “turn up and go” fare at £65.

The cheaper fares are technically promotional fares but will become the Saver fares in September , the earliest ATW could change them.
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