Southeastern Train Fares

EDM number 838 in 2010-12, proposed by Mark Reckless on 18/10/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Railways.

That this House notes that Southeastern Trains enjoys a monopoly over rail travel into London from the suburbs of South East London and and the commuter towns of Kent; further notes that under the previous Government, Southeastern's franchise agreement with the Department of Transport has allowed increases on regulated fares of RPI + three per cent. as opposed to RPI + one per cent. for other rail franchises which has resulted in a recently proposed fare rise of seven per cent. from January 2011; understands that franchise agreements with train operating companies are to be considered as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review; and calls on the Government to apply a cap on fare rises for Southeastern that is henceforth no greater than for other franchises, to ensure that the financial burden no longer falls disproportionatly on the 400,000 passengers who rely on Southeastern to travel to work.

This motion has been signed by a total of 7 MPs.