Asked about the idea, McLoughlin defended a new voluntary agreement which means train companies have

On the day fares rose by an average of 2.2%, the prime minister said: “We’ve hotels in mexico beach florida made sure that rail fares cannot go up by more than inflation. So the rail fare increase this year, as last year, is linked to inflation, and I think that’s right.
“In previous years it’s gone up by more than inflation. hotels in mexico beach florida But, of course, what you’re seeing on our railways is a 38bn investment project. And that money is coming, of course, from taxpayers, from the government, and from farepayers as well.”
Cameron went on: “And it’s very important that we continue that investment because it’s an absolutely key part to our long-term economic plan, which is about staying on the road to a stronger economy which you can only have if you have the infrastructure that a stronger economy needs.”
A report by the TUC and campaign group Action for Rail (AFR) found on Friday that people travelling to work on the UK rail network pay higher fares and spend a bigger proportion of their wages than commuters using publicly owned railways elsewhere in Europe.
They said a British worker on an average salary of 27,200 hotels in mexico beach florida a year would be spending 17% of their wages on a 391 monthly season ticket from Brighton to London once the fare rises come into effect, according to the analysis. Workers making similar journeys spend 12% of their salary on train fares in France, 9% in Germany, and 6% in Spain and Italy.
“He has failed to stand up for working people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis and has allowed the train companies to hit passengers with massive fare rises of over 20% since 2010,” he said.
“The fact is, nobody likes to see prices increase at all. I wish they weren’t having to increase. But one of the reasons why they are having to increase is because we are investing huge amounts into our railway network,” he said.
Asked about the idea, McLoughlin defended a new voluntary agreement which means train companies have promised to tell customers at ticket machines if there is a cheaper alternative available elsewhere.
“First and foremost I want to act quicker than that,” he said. “A legal right would take legislation which would take time. I want the train operating companies – and we have agreed with them that they will start to implement that as from April this year – they will make sure those machines are focusing on the cheapest ticket available.”