Fares Rip-Off Costs UK Rail Passengers £4.6 Billion A Year
Submitted by Peter on 30 June, 2011 - 02:01Fares hikes hit lower- and middle-income families disproportionately hard
PASSENGERS ON privatised UK trains are having to fork out £4.6 billion a year more than equivalent travellers in France, where railways remain publicly owned, a study undertaken for RMT, Britain's biggest rail union, has found.