Happy new rail fare increase day everyone! Our favourite 12 responses online

Train companies have eased the pain of commuters’ return to work by hitting them with the biggest fare rise since 2013, up 3.4% across the UK with many season tickets rising by more than £100.

Here’s our pick of the responses online to make you even angrier than you already are.

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https://twitter.com/JeremyCliffe/status/948086009186709504

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IDEA for new New Year's tradition.
Every January, every rail commuter simply goes up to the nearest shareholder/CEO of a private rail company and hands them hundreds more pounds than the year before.#BecausePrivatisationWorks #RailFail

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 2, 2018

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Despite worsening services, rail passengers are seeing the biggest hike in fares for 5 years. And why? So companies like GWR can afford their directors pay rise, of 28%. Only nationalisation can put an end to this obscenity, and that'll never happen with the Tories in charge.

— Rachael Swindon #WeAreCollective (@Rachael_Swindon) January 2, 2018

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Always worth remembering, as the biggest rail fare increase in five years kicks in, that our Government is not ideologically opposed to state-owned railways.
As long as the state is Germany, Italy, China, Holland, France etc etc.

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) January 2, 2018

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https://twitter.com/adebradley/status/948154658924703744

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As train fares set to rise by up to 3.6%, rail firms deny they are making massive profits. pic.twitter.com/8eEgdgCcrK

— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) August 15, 2017

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Rail fares up again. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This is about making the right choices. Here are travel cost changes since 1997:

⬇️car down by 16%
⬇️domestic flights down 16%
⬆️train up by 23%
⬆️coaches and buses up 33% https://t.co/H3ZmsldaY2

— Jonathan Bartley (@jon_bartley) January 2, 2018