{"id":75509,"date":"2017-12-31T03:14:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T20:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/season-ticket-sales-slide-as-passengers-rebel-against-cost-of-rail-travel\/"},"modified":"2017-12-31T04:03:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T21:03:51","slug":"season-ticket-sales-slide-as-passengers-rebel-against-cost-of-rail-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/season-ticket-sales-slide-as-passengers-rebel-against-cost-of-rail-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Season ticket sales slide as passengers rebel against cost of rail travel"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLatest figures suggest fed-up commuters are abandoning the train as fares are set to rise againThe number of rail journeys made using season tickets has fallen to a seven-year low, as passenger groups warn that fare rises are forcing commuters to abandon the train.Figures slipped out by the Department for Transport before Christmas reveal a 9.4% drop in season ticket sales between July and September 2017 compared with the same quarter the previous year. There was a double-digit drop the previous quarter. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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