The Independent: "Driving a car is getting cheaper and cheaper while trains and buses just keep getting more expensive"

"Driving a car is getting cheaper and cheaper while trains and buses just keep getting more expensive"

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"Driving a car has continued to become significantly cheaper at the expense of bus and rail passengers, official figures show.

"Despite regular warnings by car lobbyists of a ‘war on the motorist’, between 1980 and 2014 the cost of motoring fell by 14 per cent – but in the same period, bus fares increased by 58 per cent.

"Rail travel has also become dramatically more expensive, with comparable ticket prices rising 63 per cent.

"The current government has failed to reverse the trend, with the cost of motoring falling 5 per cent since 2010 but bus and rail passengers facing rises of 2 and 6 per cent respectively.

"Policy under the current Government has tended to privilege motorists at the expense of people who use public transport."