My Annual short hop bus and rail pass I got set me back €980 in January. Come the end of the year according to this, i will be forking out an extra €210 which is a staggering 21% of what i am currently paying!!!
I'm very surprised none of the papers have copped this. A 21% increase will put a lot of people off buying annual tickets, especially those only travelling a couple of stations.
Also I assume the 2009 timetable won't show any service improvements to match the price increases? I am especially looking for improvements in the 6-12pm suburban services, and the 5am-6.30am services. Trains sitting around in depots - would cost very little to run a few 4 carriage services.
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