Скачать или смотреть Rail fare freeze may not be good news for train passengers: Simon Calder explains

Rather than putting up ticket prices by 4.8 per cent (last July’s RPI), the government is keeping them as they are.

“We’re choosing to freeze rail fares for the first time in 30 years,” says chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Simon Calder explains why that doesn’t guarantee that no tickets will cost more.

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