MSE News: Rail fares to rise in January 16 November 2009 at 11:58AM in Motoring 16 replies 1.5K views

Tygermoth

I am sorry KeithP... I was replying to Geordie.

He asked where and to i was travelling and i have responded.

Did you wish some further information?

Tyger

KeithP

Oops... sorry. Lost track of the thread. My apologies.

geordieracer

Tygermoth wrote: »

I travel from Basingstoke to Reading return.

Due to the way the timetable/shifts are structured unfortunately I have a 39 min wait after my shift ends at Reading (this i understand is no fault of BR )

Due to the present 'unsettled' work climate/locations I can only purchase daily train tickets this comes to £7 per day.

Does that help?

Tyger

thats not a bad price though for a round journey thats 24 miles roughly in distance... though i understand the 39 min wait is a bit of a !!!!!!... but can you really state that its mroe economical by car over a year?

Premier_2

Regulated fares, which include season tickets, will reduce in price by 0.4% as they are capped at RPI inflation plus 1%, based on July's inflation rate of minus 1.4%.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8362167.stm

Regulated fares make up about 40% of all fares.

geordieracer

Premier wrote: »

Regulated fares, which include season tickets, will reduce in price by 0.4% as they are capped at RPI inflation plus 1%, based on July's inflation rate of minus 1.4%.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8362167.stm

Regulated fares make up about 40% of all fares.

Yeah but that sort of info gets in teh way of another good 'Railways are robbing !!!!!!!s' story...

Tygermoth

Well... the train is £7 per day.

With everything included (and i mean everything including the car, the whole years insurance, lessons, L plates down to even including £16.99 for the puncture kit and cost for HPI check) my outcoings are going to be 79.00 per month and calculated on £108.0 petrol and 58 MPG it still is cheaper... 18 miles one way...

(though my maths is lousy lol)

Tyger