'Fare increases just fatten the profits of train companies'
– Bob Crow, leader of the RMT transport unionThe fact is that rail fare increases are doing nothing more than fattening the profits of the private train companies.
When passengers get another inflation-busting kick in the teeth on January 2, they will know that their hard-earned cash is being bled out of the railways and into the pockets of a bunch of spivs and chancers.
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