Overview
- Overall rail fares increased by 5.1% year on year, outpacing RPI inflation of 3.2% and CPI inflation of 2.6%.
- Regulated fare caps set increases at 4.6% in England and Wales and 3.8% in Scotland this spring.
- Unregulated long-distance advance tickets rose by 5.9% and advance fares in south-east England climbed by almost 10%.
- Campaigners warn that rapid price growth is pricing people off the network and urge ticketing overhaul under Great British Railways.
- Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says this rise is the smallest in three years and remains below earnings growth.