How to avoid the misery of rail fare price rises

Here's how you can avoid some of the misery of the 3% ticket hike

– which will see some long-distance commuters’ annual cost of getting to work increase by more than £100.

If you are able to commit to a particular train on a particular date, huge savings are possible by buying an advance ticket. Weekly, monthly and annual tickets are available. An annual pass offers 52 weeks’ travel for the price of 40. Experts say you should claim compensation for every delayed train to offset the cost of the fare rises Groups of between three and nine adults can save a third off the price of off-peak tickets with most operators on certain journeys.Rather than buying one train ticket from your departure station to your destination, it is sometimes cheaper to break the journey down into multiple tickets.It may take a bit more planning but every little helps.

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