London Midland changes to fares from January 2009
London Midland in common with the rest of the rail industry, is today announcing the changes to its ticket prices which will come into effect from Friday 2 January 2009.
London Midland off peak fares will be frozen at 2008 prices and will not increase on the majority of its routes.
In addition from December 14 new tickets dedicated to London Midland services are also being introduced. These will be available to coincide with the company's radical new timetable which includes direct services between London and Birmingham, new services from London via the Trent Valley to the north west and enhanced services on many other routes. These offer extra value fares including:
Birmingham - London
Cheap Day Return £23.00
Super off peak return £15.00
And advanced purchase fares from as low as £5.00
Stoke/Crewe - London
Cheap Day Return £23.00
Super off peak return £15.00
And advanced purchase fares from £5.00
Liverpool - London
Cheap Day Return £30.00
Super off peak return £22.00
And £5.00 fares booked in advance
London Midland's peak fares - which are regulated and the level of increase is capped by Government at the Retail Price Index (RPI) plus 1% - will increase by 6%.
London Midland Managing Director, Steve Banaghan, says the company has continued to keep its prices as low as possible in the face of increasing costs as well as making the single biggest investments in the life of the London Midland franchise,
"We recognise that this is a difficult time for many of our passengers in the current economic climate and so we have kept our increases to the lowest possible levels and wherever we can, we have made no increases at all.
"Like every other business we too are facing increases in our costs, but we are forging ahead with our programme of investments which will see nearly £200 million going into our new trains, new timetable and station improvements this year, the biggest part of our overall commitment to invest £300 million in London Midland."
Notes to Editors:
Background on fares
The rate of RPI used by the Government to cap rail increased is based on the July RPI rate - which was 5%.
The new fares changes take effect from Friday 2 January 2009. Ticket prices up to that date, and also prices which take effect from 2 January, can be calculated on the London Midland website - www.londonmidland.com - by choosing the check times and buy tickets option on the home page.
The value fares shown above relate to services starting from 14 December 2008 and these fares will remain the same after 2 January price increases.
The full list of London Midland ticket types across all its routes and the changes coming into effect from 2 January are:
Fares with zero increase
All off peak fares
All off peak day fares
All Advance fares
All First Class Anytime/Anytime day
Network West Midlands off peak/off-peak day
Fares increasing by 6%
Anytime
Anytime day
Season tickets
Travelcards
Birmingham-Liverpool off peak
Network West Midlands Anytime day
nnetwork and ntrain seasons (West Midlands only)
Information about London Midland tickets, routes and services can also be found on the National Rail Enquiries site at www.nationalrail.co.uk
