Calls for a rail fare freeze for 2025
Responding to the announcement today of July’s RPI figure, traditionally used to set the annual rail fare rise, Michael Solomon Williams from Campaign for Better Transport, said:
“For too long passengers have been forced to cope with the financial burden of the annual fare rise, all while fuel duty has remained frozen for 14 years.
“Until the cut to fuel duty is reversed, and cost parity achieved, the government should freeze rail fares to avoid pricing passengers off the railways.”
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See example 2025 season ticket costs into London
See example 2025 season tickets costs into regional stations
Notes to editors:
- July’s RPI rate was published on 14 August at 3.6%
- The 14-year long fuel duty freeze has meant a real terms tax cut for motorists which has benefitted the top fifth of earners twice as much as the bottom fifth: 12% of the benefits go to the poorest fifth, while 26% go to the richest.
- Campaign for Better Transport Charitable Trust is a registered charity (1101929) which operates in England and Wales.
