All along the way it would seem that between the government and transport operators they are doing their best to completely screw up this country.
First we have the government pricing us all off the road:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4610877.stm
And now the rail operators want to price us off the trains too!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4112360.stm
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Rail passengers could face congestion charge-style price hikes at rush hour to combat rising passenger numbers.
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Either the rail companies are completely off their heads, or they are seeing a good opportunity to profiteer from the whole mess.
Personally, I have always thought that a much simpler way to ease congestion would be to legislate/encourage business to get off the need for everyone to be on the same 9-5 schedule. That's why we have congestion.
Whether it's road or rail, if we try to move the entire working population around twice a day in the same 1 hour window it's bound to be congested. Open that window wider and congestion could be cut considerably.
Or maybe that's too simple a solution...