Commuters across Tayside, Fife and Stirling are now paying more to travel on ScotRail trains after a trial to scrap peak-time fares ended.
The Scottish Government-funded scheme began on October 2 last year and allowed passengers to travel all day on off-peak fares.
It meant a return fare between Edinburgh and Glasgow was £14.90 (off-peak) compared to the original £28.90 (peak-time).
This same journey will now cost £31.40.
Rail fare rises on popular routes across Tayside, Fife and Stirling
We have put together a list of popular routes across Tayside, Fife and Stirling and how much it costs to travel from today (Monday) on an anytime return ticket:
- Dundee to Edinburgh (£35 to £45) increase of 29%
- Dundee to Glasgow (£47.80 to £58) increase of 21%
- Dundee to Kirkcaldy (£23.70 to £30.80) increase of 30%
- Dundee to Aberdeen (£38.30 to £49) increase of 28%
- Dundee to Perth (£10.80 to £15.70) increase of 45%
- Dundee to Arbroath (£10.40 to £13.60) increase of 31%
- Perth to Edinburgh (£28 to £34.30) increase of 22%
- Perth to Glasgow (£32.80 to £40.10) increase of 22%
- Perth to Dundee (£10.80 to £15.70) increase of 45%
- Perth to Kirkcaldy (£11.60 to £20.90) increase of 80%
- Perth to Pitlochry (£18 to £24.70) increase of 37%
- Stirling to Edinburgh (£12.10 to £19.90) increase of 64%
- Stirling to Perth (£10.40 to £20.90) increase of 100%
- Dunfermline to Edinburgh (£8.20 to £13.50) increase of 65%
According to the ScotRail website, the operator will be offering additional savings for customers as the trial comes to an end.
For example, an extra discount will be applied to the cost of all season tickets for the next year, saving passengers more than 40% on their daily commute.
A Flexipass ticket will now include 12 journeys instead of 10 – for the same price – saving customers 32%.
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