Have Train Fares Gone Up Recently?

[cassa333]

I got a train ticket last month for £26 but this moth the same route is £35 without the 1-6 travel zone included.

[Flonska]

TFL says some fares have gone up:-

https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/new-fares

[jno]

Don't they always go up in January or February?

[Jackdaw33]

Do bears **** in the woods?

[Flonska]

Sing?

[emmie]

they usually go up in January?

[Hopkirk]

Are you sure you are comparing like with like? There are day returns, off peak day returns and super off peak day returns depending on time of travel.

[Buenchico]

Rail fares rise in January every year. The average rise this year was 3.6%
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/83871.aspx

If you're seeing a different price between last month and this month then it must be because (as Hopkirk suggests) you're not comparing like with like.

If you travel into London with an arrival time before 1000 you'll be charged a Peak fare. Similarly, if you're returning from London between 1629 and 1834 you'll usually have to buy a Peak ticket (although there are certain exceptions). Outside of those times you can get Off-Peak tickets. Further, on certain routes you can get Super Off-Peak tickets if you arrive in London after 1200 (although you're then restricted to returning from London outside of a period extending from 1559 to 1901).

[Note: The times I've quoted apply on my local line into London Liverpool Street. They vary across different train termini and rail operators].

Remember as well that the price of Advance tickets (which are only sold as singles, not returns) can vary greatly, depending upon the popularity of the service you choose to use and how far ahead you book.

[Barmaid]

Have they? It always feels like I'm parting with half the national debt when I buy a train ticket.

[Barmaid]

I drove for 20 miles and got the train to London yesterday. Without tubes it was £158 with one journey being outside peak time.

[Buenchico]

According to a Sunday Times report, copied by our local rag, the most expensive rail journey in the country into London (on a price-per-mile basis) is from my local major station (where I used to work and have to listen to all the complaints from travellers):
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/are-rail-passengers-being-ripped-off-ipswich-to-london-is-uk-s-most-expensive-trip-per-mile-1-5178699

[jno]

Ah, Chris, I've often pined to visit Ipswich, but I've paid off one mortgage and don't want to take out another.

[Jackdaw33]

PMSL @ jno.

[cassa333]

Well finally got a ticket. Same journey and times up from £26 to £41.80

I only go up there no way and then but will go less often if this is how much it is going to be!!

[Jahulaye]

Train fares, taxes and rent always go up unfortunately.

[jno]

So it's actually gone up quite a lot more Han you thought? Ouch.