RAIL companies have been accused of raising station car parking charges by up to 50% to offset January’s small cut in rail fares.
The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) accused Virgin Trains of raising charges by between 25% and 50% for the 10,000 parking spaces along the busy West Coast line between London and Glasgow.
Annual parking tickets have risen from £655 to £980, a 50% increase, said the union.
A spokesman for Virgin said the union was ignoring the tens of millions of pounds spent increasing car parking spaces.
