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    Sky News‏Verified account @SkyNews Jan 2

    'You can freeze fares and cut services, you can increase fares and invest in services but you can't freeze fares and have more money to invest' - Transport Secretary Chris Grayling says rail fare increases are a trade off for better services. More here: http://po.st/ZhRtOI pic.twitter.com/qdStGw3IjR

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      2. Laura #QueueJumper #FBPE‏ @smilinglaura Jan 2
        Replying to @SkyNews

        British train fares are amongst the highest in Europe yet the service British commuters get is inferior. I wonder how other European countries manage it.

        6 replies . 13 retweets 89 likes
      3. Murray Brown‏ @MurrayBrown19 Jan 2
        Replying to @smilinglaura @SkyNews

        In Europe the railways are there to provide an efficient & effective service to customers, unlike the UK model where the trains are operated by franchises which exist to create shareholder value.

        1 reply . 1 retweet 28 likes
      4. LetsFaceItUK‏ @LetsFaceItUK Jan 2
        Replying to @MurrayBrown19 @smilinglaura @SkyNews

        Simple. You either tax everyone for the few that use the trains or you "tax" the users of the trains. Other countries do the former, we do the latter

        3 replies . 1 retweet 1 like
      5. Mike Stead‏ @tweetymike Jan 2
        Replying to @LetsFaceItUK @MurrayBrown19 and

        We *massively subsidise* roads and private car use. Car fuel duty has been frozen for *nine years*. Why should rail commuters subsidise car commuters?

        2 replies . 0 retweets 14 likes
      6. Good King Elliot #FBPE‏ @GoodKingElliot Jan 2
        Replying to @tweetymike @LetsFaceItUK and

        Train prices in the UK are obscene. In response to Grayling, you *can* freeze (or reduce!) rail ticket prices AND provide greater investment and better services -- IF the railways are no longer used to enrich greedy private interests. !Railways for the people!

        1 reply . 1 retweet 2 likes
      7. LetsFaceItUK‏ @LetsFaceItUK Jan 2
        Replying to @GoodKingElliot @tweetymike and

        So you stop the "greedy" investors and you are £1b short of money that they invested. Where do you get that money from then?

        1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Mike Stead‏ @tweetymike Jan 2
        Replying to @LetsFaceItUK @GoodKingElliot and

        We can take 1/50th of what we gave to motorists this last few years in discounted fuel duty. Gap filled. Then revoke the failed franchises and run it ourselves. Our railways are already nationalised - just by ***other nations***.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Siddle‏ @siddle1986 Jan 2
        Replying to @SkyNews

        Well actually, he is wrong you can freeze fares and invest. You just make less margin per ticket and pay shareholders a smaller dividend rather than the millions that take today. As transport secretary this is something you should be pushing for - guess the brown envelope is 👍

        1 reply . 1 retweet 30 likes
      3. andy matthewman‏ @mattynffc Jan 2
        Replying to @siddle1986 @SkyNews

        Stop paying any shareholders and put them all back into the hands of the govt. Oh I forgot this govt doesn't want to have any responsibility for public services whatsoever

        0 replies . 1 retweet 7 likes
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      1. Paul Seaward‏ @PaulSeaward1 Jan 2
        Replying to @SkyNews

        They say they are investing for years ... Funny how services are still bad and getting worse we are still forced to stand in cattle trucks. And the company profits still going up....

        0 replies . 3 retweets 63 likes
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      1. Phil Hare‏ @PhilHare61970 Jan 2
        Replying to @SkyNews

        or is it to give the share holders more money?

        0 replies . 1 retweet 49 likes
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      2. Jan Culik‏ @JanCulik Jan 2
        Replying to @SkyNews

        While, weirdly, in Europe trains are much more efficient and cheaper. Why do the UK media NEVER compare situation in the UK with that in other European countries?

        2 replies . 1 retweet 11 likes
      3. Hilary Hendy‏ @hilaryhendy Jan 2
        Replying to @JanCulik @SkyNews

        Because this is what they have become.pic.twitter.com/XkrMgSHG4B

        0 replies . 0 retweets 7 likes
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      2. James Faux‏ @JACF72 Jan 2
        Replying to @SkyNews

        This argument has been used every year and it’s utter nonsense. The services are getting worse each year, the new SWR franchise is far worse than SWT and long suffering tail users end up with Grayling as minister! Shambolic.

        1 reply . 1 retweet 46 likes
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      1. regular ray 'ferry services'‏ @bluetractor Jan 2
        Replying to @SkyNews

        And in some cases, you're actually freezing passengers.

        0 replies . 0 retweets 57 likes
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      1. Ben Randall‏ @Benjmeister85 Jan 2
        Replying to @SkyNews

        I catch a train very sparsely and in the 4/5 year gaps between each trip I’ve never thought - “this is better than the last time”. It’s garbage, with rubbish train times and horrible smelly trains.

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      2. Paul Bernard‏ @thepaulbernard Jan 2
        Replying to @SkyNews

        What Chris Grayling can do is scrap #HS2 and redirect savings to improve current rolling stock and services @transportgovuk

        1 reply . 6 retweets 12 likes
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