Summary
Britain railway tickets are the most expensive tickets in
Europe. With rising train fares, commuters find it appalling. Railways minister
thinks that train fares are not expensive enough. Although commuters, who have a 4.2% increase in their
season-tickets, will still need to pay more during peak hours. People
travelling during peak hours use the premium product and therefore they should
pay more. Norman Baker, a Liberal Democrat MP, said: [I]t is not that expensive
if people take advantage of advance and off-peak tickets.” The Association of Train Operating Companies
said the fare increases have led to "more trains, better stations and
faster services". However, labour’s transport spokeswoman thinks
otherwise. She thinks that people pay more for less service.
Own Opinion:
Using public transport, it is essential that it should be
payable. Increasing the season tickets should actually work out less than
buying an individual ticket. I think that the railway minister is completely
insane to ask more money. If commuters travel during the off-peak hours, they
should adjust their work schedule so that they could travel cheaper. If people
pay more for travelling, they should see some advancements but in this case it
is not. However, the UK is a very populated country , thus a great rail system
is needed and to improve that, more money is obviously needed.
I also think that the railway minister should not say that the train fares are not expensive enough. It is true that a lot of people use public transport, but if the prices are too high, people will travel by car. This would mean there will more traffic on the road, and that cost a lot of money as well.
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