Why it's wrong to think we are being ripped off by rail prices
Margins in the industry are tight. In the year to 2015 the total revenues of the train companies were £9.6 billion against operating costs of £8.8 billion. Prices have gone up, but only by 6 per cent per passenger mile in real terms since 1997. Source: Ministers must stand and fight RMT Marxists | Comment | The Times & The Sunday Times