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New Year Fare Rises
« on: December 31, 2007, 11:00:34 AM »

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Re: New Year Fare Rises
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2008, 07:39:50 AM »

Quote from the Oxford Mail's Reader comments:

"I leave on time, always get a seat, can listen to music/radio and I don't have to stand on cold platforms waiting for delayed trains. If the Govt wants to know why I and many others drive everywhere, they need to look no further than the abyssmal rail service.

I do feel very sorry for any poor soul who has to catcha train anywhere in this country. ripped off and treated like a freshly laid cow pat."

That's follow up to an article concerning the percentage increase for Oxford - London commuters, which is far higher than the percentage increase for Swindon - London commuters (but still leaves Oxford commuters with a much lower fare - a point the article seems to have missed):
http://oxfordmail.net/display.var.1935938.0.0.php
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Re: New Year Fare Rises
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2008, 07:55:33 AM »

New Melksham to London return fares ... checked out for tomorrow ...

115.00 Standard (07:17 -> 09:06)
133.00 Standard (Also valid on 06:43 -> 08:38)
138.50 Standard (to include a travel card)

"Single fares from 8.50" says the web page that gave me those fares for tomorrow .. but click on the "singles fares" page at the best it gave me was 47.00 (to London on the 06:43) and 48.50 (back on the 17:45)

I think these fares price rail travel out of the market; you'll do better to book two tickets with a "split" - try Melksham to Didcot and Didcot to London (but you must catch a train from Swindon that stops at Didcot)
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« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2008, 11:19:54 AM »

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Re: New Year Fare Rises
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2008, 08:05:21 PM »

Hi
Last week day return Melksham to Bristol £8.20.
From 2/1/08 now £9.00 that is 9.75% increase.

Cheap day return is £8.90 and we can only get cheap day returns on Saturday's
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« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2008, 09:47:55 PM »

Similar increases on the Salisbury to Southampton leg.  Now hit the magic £9.00 mark for Std Day Return up from £8.60.  Salisbury to Chippenham £17.50 Saver Return or £20.70 Open Return.

Ouch.
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Re: New Year Fare Rises
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2008, 11:42:52 AM »

Christian Wolmar's view (link below.)
http://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/articles/standard/dec24,07.shtml

Plus an interesting article by Rod Liddle that doesnt show FGW in the greatest of lights (link below.)
http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2008/01/bring_back_british_rail_all_is.html#more
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