Parliamentary candidates and councillors from the Labour party are launching a petition today, Monday, January 6 calling for a cap on rail fare rises across all routes. 

Mary Creagh MP, Labour's Secretary of State for Transport
Mary Creagh MP, Labour’s Secretary of State for Transport
Labour’s general election candidates and campaigners will bring the petition to railway stations in Berkshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, West Sussex, Surrey, East Sussex and Kent to gather support and restrict inflation on rail fare hikes which has risen up to 20% since 2010. This year fares will increase by an average 3.1% outside of greater London,  3.2% from Reading to London while in Deal and Dover passengers will have to pay £5,012 a year, up from £4,864. Mary Creagh MP, Labour’s Secretary of State for Transport will be meeting with commuters on January 6 in Dover and Deal to listen to their concerns.Meanwhile, Gordon Marsden, Labour’s Shadow Transport Minister was in Crawley today with Chris Oxlade, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate speaking with commuters during the morning rush hour at Three Bridges station. Mary Creagh said: “David Cameron’s cost-of-living crisis continues as fares rise this week by up to five per cent, while season tickets have gone up by twenty per cent under this Government, costing hard-working commuters hundreds of pounds.“Over the last three years David Cameron has failed to stand up for working people, allowing train companies to hit passengers with inflation-busting fare rises of up to nine per cent.” 

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