Transport Fares Are Rising AGAIN!

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Currently bus fares in the UK are 60p. Now I know that this a lot for some people living in the UK, and most of us can barely keep up with the constant change in prices of transport. I can imagine that parents of children that need to catch the bus to school and back every week day are pretty annoyed by the price of bus fares at 60p.

Well this anger is by sure going to change to rage as yet again the fares for transport in the UK are rising AGAIN! It didn’t seem 2 minutes ago that the fares went from 50p to 60p and now they are going up again! It’s currently 60p a way nowadays but starting on Monday the 1^st of April 2013 fares will be going up to 70p! A 10p increase! Now when you come to think of it, fares at 60p now, if you catch a bus somewhere and back all week for 5 days then it will cost you £6 a week, however when the fares rise to 70p a way it will cost you £7 a week. Now that is a lot of money to be forking out each week, especially for someone who needs to get the bus to school and back every single day they are there! A LOT!

 

Now I bet kids nowadays don't know about fares back in the days when our parents were children. When my parents were kids (living in Sheffield) fares were only 2p! Yes you heard me right, only 2p! How cheap is that!? It's amazing how prices back in those days were so much cheaper than they are now, however the world has massively changed through the years so you can probably understand.

What do you think about the rising transport fares? I know I am not happy about the way things are going!