The RMT union held protests this morning at King’s Cross station in protest at rising rail fares CARL COURT/GETTY IMAGESMillions of passengers face paying hundreds of pounds more for season tickets in the new year with fares set to increase by 3.6 per cent. The government links the annual rise in regulated fares from January with the previous July’s retail prices index measure of inflation. The Office for National Statistics said today that RPI rose by 3.6 per cent in July, up from 3.5 per cent in June. The hike drew criticism from several quarters and triggered calls for the government to introduce a fares freeze. Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, said: “It beggars belief that the government is yet again choosing to inflict sky-high rail fare increases on commuters who have suffered another…

Source: The Times August 15, 2017 11:03 UTC