Rip off Rail

I am absolutely outraged today.

My rail season ticket is due for renewal and I stupidly thought that the ticket would not be increasing in price this year due to the economic environment.

More fool me.

I will now be £35 a month worse off thanks to the greed of East Midlands Trains. Yes, East Midlands Trains you should be ashamed of yourselves.

That is a ludicrous rise in my opinion considering the service is pretty average at best.

The problem is these rail companies have a complete captive audience - there is absolutely no alternative and they know they have commuters over a barrel.

It makes my blood boil to think of a further £35 of my money going into their pockets and there is not a thing I can do about it.

Something needs to be done about rail fares, and soon, before they price everyone off the railway completely.