Rail fare increase - 'When you go by train's reponse

"Train fares are set to rise by nearly a third as passengers are forced to pay for extra carriages, writes Dean Kirby.

Mr Osborne said he would allow rail firms to increase regulated fares, which include season and saver tickets.

He said they could increase by an extra 3 per cent above inflation from 2012, which passenger watchdogs say equates to a total increase of 31.2pc by 2015.

The Campaign for Better Transport said a standard off-peak return ticket from Manchester to London could leap from £66 to £87 by the next general election. There was better news as Mr Osborne promised to bankroll a £200m scheme to electrify rail lines between Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and Blackpool. "

Taken from the Mancester Evening News. And it's bad news.

Thanks to COLOSSAL FUCK UPS from Governments spanning back to the late 70s we're in a mess.

And the mess has to be paid for by us. Now train travel is expensive, that's a fact. It's also fact that is generally a load of nob.

This removal of the cap, much like a dirty bird, is going to be a suicide note for the lower paid people who need the train to get to work.

It's rude, it's imposing, it's going to make people reconsider working where they are and it's a dam stupid idea.

But hang on it's ok, because the extra money will pay for the electrification of the Blackpool Branch.

Please note the sarcasm meant in that last line.

Eblooger would not let me vent my true words for Osbourne & Co.