UK rail travellers have once again been hit by above inflation rail ticket price rises, and all the TOCs (Train operating companies) have raised the costs of their tickets by a minimum of 5%. The exact rise for each ticket will depend on the route and the length of the journey, but a table showing price rises for each of the TOCs is below:
Fare rises by rail companyEffective 2 January 2009| Train company | Avg regulated rise | Avg unregulated rise | | Arriva Trains Wales | 6% | 6% | | c2c | 6% | 6% | | Chiltern Railways | 6% | 7.50% | | CrossCountry | 6% | 11% | | East Midlands Trains | 6% | 7.40% | | First Capital Connect | 6% | 9% | | First Great Western | 6% | 6.60% | | First ScotRail | 6% | 6% | | First TransPennine Express | 6% | 6.40% | | London Midland | 6% | 0% | | Merseyrail | 5% | 5% | | National Express East Anglia | 6% | 6% | | National Express East Coast | 6% | 7.40% | | Northern Rail | 6% | 7% | | Southeastern | 8% | 6% | | Southern | 6% | 6% | | South West Trains | 6% | 7.20% | | Virgin Trains | 6% | 7% | | Average | 6% | 7% | |
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