Cat Hobbs, who campaigns for public ownership of railways, on the cost of tickets and the companies pocketing the profits
ast month, it was announced that rail fares would rise in March – again. But why are UK train tickets so expensive? I asked Cat Hobbs, the founder ofI recently got married in Scotland, and it took eight hours tothere. It was cheaper to do that – and pay for the therapy afterwards – thanSome of our advance tickets are cheap, but our walk-on fares are expensive. A ticket from London Paddington to Bristol in 1995 was £28.50.
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