{"id":206511,"date":"2023-02-28T11:36:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T11:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/?p=206511"},"modified":"2023-02-28T11:36:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T11:36:37","slug":"national-rail-fares-to-increase-on-5-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/media-centre\/latest-news\/national-rail-fares-to-increase-on-5-march-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"National rail fares to increase on 5 March 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the Government\u2019s national policy for ticket price changes, national rail fares will increase by 5.9% on 5 March 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This rise will increase the cost of a peak time return from Southend Central to London Fenchurch Street to \u00a322.60 from \u00a321.40. A typical monthly season ticket from Basildon to London Fenchurch Street will increase from \u00a3308.40 to \u00a3326.50.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New fares will be added to our website on 5 March 2023. Customers will still be able to purchase tickets before this date at their current price even for a date of travel after 5 March 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you now only travel part of the week and work from home part of the week, you may find a flexible-season ticket offers you better value. Flexible season tickets were created following the reforms set out in the governments \u2018Plan for Rail,\u2019 to offer a better deal to commuters with new travel patterns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find out more information on flexible season tickets using a c2c Smartcard on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/tickets-and-fares\/flexi-season\/\">website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about where your rail fare goes, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalrail.co.uk\/times_fares\/ticket_types\/your-rail-fare.aspx\">national rail website<\/a> which details how fares are overwhelmingly used to run and improve the rail network.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Government\u2019s national policy for ticket price changes, national rail fares will increase by 5.9% on 5 March 2023. This rise will increase the cost of a peak time return from Southend Central to London Fenchurch Street to \u00a322.60 from \u00a321.40. 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