(24 Nov 2013, 4:42 pm)Dan wrote Same story applies for most things in life though, unfortunately - whether it's a pint of milk, train tickets or indeed gas/electricity.
50% isn't in line with either RPI or CPI though, whereas what you spend in the shops would tend to be. I'd say it's more than double the rises of those respective indexes in the past 6 years. If bus and rail fares continue to rise well above the rate of inflation then they're just pricing people out of the market, or more importantly, forcing them to choose between heating their homes are feeding their families some cases.
That's why I welcome a decrease in season ticket cost and also the commitment towards students.