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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Rail fares will not be cut (they'll probably go up again) as trains are renationalised, signals minister

Rail fares will not be cut as part of the Labour government’s renationalisation of trains, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has signalled.

They appear likely to increase even further, despite being among the most expensive in Europe.

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