Ticket prices step over the line

Travelling by train in the UK is so expensive – why is this? Now ticket prices are set to increase by up to 9% (see here). How does this promote using Public Transport (PT) instead of using my car?

The nation is supposed to be increasingly utilising public transport and leaving the polluting 5-wheeled box at home. But what’s the point in using PT if it’s so expensive in the first place? Gordon Brown doesn’t actually want us to use PT too much as he’d obviously lose too much loot in petrol levy.

To give an idea of how expensive train travel is… the cost of an Oxford to Edinburgh train ticket (one way) can be as much as £143 (taken from here). In contrast you can get a 2 night break in Barcelona for £116 from lastminute.com. That includes flights and a hotel!