{"id":324066,"date":"2025-02-19T08:53:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/?p=324066"},"modified":"2025-02-19T08:53:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:53:24","slug":"national-rail-fares-to-increase-on-2-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/media-centre\/latest-news\/national-rail-fares-to-increase-on-2-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"National rail fares to increase on 2 March 2025\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">As part of the Government\u2019s national policy for ticket price changes, national rail fares will increase across the country by 4.6% on 2 March 2025. This is 1% above July\u2019s retail price index (RPI) figure of 3.6%, which fare increases have been historically based on.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">For c2c customers this means the new fares will be live and available to purchase from our website and app (and other third-party retailers) for travel on and after 2 March. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Customers travelling before the 2 March fares increase will only pay the current price.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> If you intend to buy a yearly season ticket, you may save money by buying your ticket this month.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can check c2c ticket prices on our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.c2c-online.co.uk\/c2cweb\/index.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">journey planner<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES TO EDITORS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About c2c<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>c2c is the award-winning train operator running services between Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness, serving 26 stations in East London and South Essex.<\/li>\n<li>Owned by Trenitalia, c2c is one of the UK\u2019s most punctual and popular train operators and nearly 35.8 million journeys are made on its services every year.<\/li>\n<li>Italian-based Trenitalia is one of Europe\u2019s leading rail operators and the passenger rail arm of FS Italiane Group.<\/li>\n<li>For more information email\u202fmediaenquiries@c2crail.net<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Government\u2019s national policy for ticket price changes, national rail fares will increase across the country by 4.6% on 2 March 2025. 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