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Kent's rail passengers are likely to find out today they face an eight per cent rise in fares next year.
The level of increase is set at three per cent above the July inflation rate
figures, which are out this morning.
They are expected to be around the five per cent mark.
Earlier this year Kent's rail passengers saw an average hike in fares from Southeastern of 7.8 per cent, bringing the cost of annual season tickets for many to above £4,000.
Today's expected announcement comes just weeks after hundreds of commuters across the county signed a petition against proposed increases in rail fares.
Campaigners from Fair Fares Now, stood outside railway stations calling for support.
The petition calls on the government, which is reviewing the whole rail fare structure, not to allow prices to rise by 28 per cent over the next three years.
The increase would see the cost of an annual season ticket from, say, Sittingbourne to London rise by £352.19 to £4,700.19.
Campaign for Better Transport, which is behind Fair Fares Now, argues that expensive train prices are not only a rotten deal for passengers, who are forced to pay more each year, but harmful to the environment as more people chose to travel by road instead of rail.
It could also be bad for business as high fares could price people out of jobs in London