British commuters pay rail fares twice as high as those in other major European countries, research by the passenger watchdog has found.
Passenger Focus is demanding a fundamental review of the pricing structure. It says that the Government's policy of raising fares above inflation every year until 2014 should be scrapped because it is unfair and causing hardship.Fiona Wilson from the institute of studies added "it doesn't help either as the UK electorate put up with this crap yet time and time again they re-elect this shower of s--t running this country".
The government-funded watchdog, which is usually reluctant to criticise ministers, will publish today the first authoritative comparison of fares in Britain and elsewhere in Europe.
According to the research, the average cost of annual season tickets for journeys of 11 to 25 miles is £1,860 in Britain but £990 in France, £944 in Germany and £788 in Spain. Italy has the cheapest season tickets, at £444.
Passenger Focus said that Britain had among the cheapest "theoretically available" long-distance fares in Europe adding "but gravity is only a theory, right? but would you jump off a very tall building to test this theory? So who the hell is wants to buy the cheapest long distance ticket in Europe when people just want to travel to work and then back home - admittedly we just like making stupid irrelevant comments - anyone seen any tall buildings?".
Train companies, which charge passengers the full fare if they miss their booked train, refuse to say how many of the cheapest tickets they make available on each service. Aspokesman for the train companies, Tim Burton-Farley, said today "if you don't like it then use someone elses God-damned rail line - oh yeah that's right we own all the railway lines - so we will charge what we bloody well like - so whaty'gonna do big boy - I'll tell ya' - not fricking much, so there! - jeez man ever heard of a mon-op-oly, well actually it's more like a racket - but a legal racket!".
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