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The government has yet to confirm how it will calculate rail fare increases for 2026. Photograph: Kirsty O\u2019Connor\/PA <\/p>\n The government has yet to confirm how it will calculate rail fare increases for 2026. Photograph: Kirsty O\u2019Connor\/PA <\/p>\n
Train fares in England expected to rise by as much as 5.8% next year on the back of the latest inflation data release, sparking concern among passenger groups.<\/p>\n
Increases in rail ticket prices are usually calculated by adding one percentage point to July\u2019s inflation reading<\/a> on the retail prices index, which was a higher than expected 4.8%, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.<\/p>\n The government has not yet confirmed how it will calculate rail fare increases for 2026, they last rose by 4.6% in March, which was one percentage point above the RPI reading from July 2024.<\/p>\n Regulated fares, which account for about half of rail journeys, would rise by 5.8% in 2026 if the increase follows the same pattern as last year.<\/p>\n Before the publication of July\u2019s inflation figures, passenger groups had warned that such fare increases risked pricing out some passengers<\/a>, at a time of a squeeze on consumers\u2019 wallets, including rising food prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n Almost half of rail fares in England are set directly by Westminster. The devolved Scottish and Welsh governments usually cap fares at a similar level. Regulated fares include season tickets on most commuter journeys, off-peak returns on long-distance routes and flexible tickets for urban rail.<\/p>\n More details soon \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government has yet to confirm how it will calculate rail fare increases for 2026. Photograph: Kirsty O\u2019Connor\/PA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[1500,748,4044,393,5686,4884,5681,12,5683,5682,5684,5685,16,15,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-358868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-daily-news","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-global-news","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-inkl","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-news-app","17":"tag-news-headlines","18":"tag-news-today","19":"tag-today-news","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom","22":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115059956482205311","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}