Considering the upcoming 4.6% increase in rail fares and the 17% hike in railcard costs, how do you think these changes will affect the overall affordability of using trains?
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00:00I'm in the fortunate position where I don't have to travel by train to get to work but I have full
00:05sympathy with colleagues who do and yeah I would say train prices do seem proportionately more
00:13expensive than other forms of travel and for particular journeys so yeah for me if I've got
00:21a family if we're traveling then we'll always try and book ahead but generally
00:28for longer journeys we go by car purely because it's cheaper than going by train. I came in this
00:34country years ago and now I can see a massive difference in trains fares and buses fares
00:40life has gone up everything has gone up taxes fares routine living cost everything gone up
00:48life is getting challenging difficult but as specifically if I talk about trains
00:54I have seen a significant price increase in trains.