Train tickets set to rise sharply in price

Puffin13 · Post by **Puffin13** » Wed 29th Apr 2009 06:06 am

Train tickets set to rise sharply in price
28 April 2009

Train tickets will become much more expensive next year following railway operator ProRail's decision to increase its charges by 17%, the Volkskrant quotes Dutch Rail (NS) as saying on Tuesday.

The NS said the planned increase in fees to use the tracks is 'absurd' and that it plans to complain to the competition authority NMa.

This year, NS is paying €175m to use the railway tracks. Next year that will go up by €30m. ProRail also gets some €2bn a year from the treasury.

ProRail said the increase was due to the more 'business-like' approach within the railway sector. 'It is a stimulus to users to look critically at which services they want to buy in,' a spokesman said.

NS and ProRail are both 100% state-owned companies.

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d3lt4-9 · Post by **d3lt4-9** » Sun 3rd May 2009 01:48 am

Damn, looks like it's gonna be 10 Euro from the airport to CS after this takes effect.

Pauli Wallnuts · Post by **Pauli Wallnuts** » Sun 3rd May 2009 03:34 pm

d3lt4-9 wrote:Damn, looks like it's gonna be 10 Euro from the airport to CS after this takes effect.

im am proper shit at maths but, 3.90euros+17% does not come to 10euros,that would have to be a 150% price hike

liquidSwords · Post by **liquidSwords** » Sun 3rd May 2009 04:17 pm

Pauli Wallnuts wrote:
d3lt4-9 wrote:Damn, looks like it's gonna be 10 Euro from the airport to CS after this takes effect.
im am proper shit at maths but, 3.90euros+17% does not come to 10euros,that would have to be a 150% price hike

lol.... thats some funny shit PW.

So how much is the train gonna cost to AMS Cen? 6.50E? I can handle that. But once they start putting prices up they dont stop coz people still have to used the train no mateer what. Look Londons price hike on the buses and trains, ridiculous...

d3lt4-9 · Post by **d3lt4-9** » Sun 3rd May 2009 09:47 pm

I meant to say almost 10 Euro. I could have sworn that tickets to CS from Schiphol were just under 8 dollars right now. If they've always been 3,90 then either I've been smoking waay too much weed, or it's been waaay too long since my last trip! For the record, it's been 15 months.

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Sun 3rd May 2009 09:53 pm

A single to Central Station from Schiphol costs €3.90 add the 17% and that works out to €4.56 so I'd say they'll go up to €4.60

murphyscafe · Post by **murphyscafe** » Mon 4th May 2009 12:50 am

liquidSwords wrote:
Pauli Wallnuts wrote:
d3lt4-9 wrote:Damn, looks like it's gonna be 10 Euro from the airport to CS after this takes effect.
im am proper shit at maths but, 3.90euros+17% does not come to 10euros,that would have to be a 150% price hike
lol.... thats some funny shit PW.

So how much is the train gonna cost to AMS Cen? 6.50E? I can handle that. But once they start putting prices up they dont stop coz people still have to used the train no mateer what. Look Londons price hike on the buses and trains, ridiculous...

Even at boners price, its pennys! i paid the 3.70 for a non-stop, intercity train from schip to ams centraal!!! now just look at the equivelent for the gatwick express(£16.90) or the heathrow express(£16.50) to london!!!
its a fuc*in joke!

so, 17% is jack to me (and any other londoner)!!!

d3lt4-9 · Post by **d3lt4-9** » Tue 5th May 2009 12:11 am

Well I guess it's just been too long for me then. Thankfully, I'll be back in 9 days. I can hardly wait.

Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Fri 8th May 2009 10:10 pm

Rough one! back in 2002 it was only like 1.70 or something,last year it was 4 euros so 5-6 euros will be the going rate next time i think

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