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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/rail-fare-rises-daylight-robbery.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="First Capital Connect was branded the 'greediest' rail operator in the UK" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-rail-fare-rises-daylight-robbery.jpg" alt="First Capital Connect was branded the 'greediest' rail operator in the UK"/></a></p>
<p>A rail firm has been accused of &#8220;daylight robbery&#8221; after a union said it had discovered some of its fares were going up by as much as 46% in the New Year.</p>
<p>First Capital Connect (FCC) was branded the &#8220;greediest&#8221; rail operator in the UK because of its new fares from next month, as well as higher car parking charges at stations.</p>
<p>The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) accused the Government of giving rail firms a &#8220;licence to print money&#8221; and called on ministers to intervene.</p>
<p>The union said changes to the price of monthly season tickets from January on some FCC routes included: Hornsey to Stevenage. Current flexitime ticket £194.40, rising to £284.20, an increase 46.2%.</p>
<p>Hornsey to Welwyn Garden City, £135.20 to £188.20, a rise of 39.2%. New Barnet to Welwyn Garden City, £97.20 to £135.20, up 38.7%.</p>
<p>The Association of Train Operating Companies (Atoc) announced last month that across the country fares will go up by an average 6.2%, although London commuters face higher rises.</p>
<p>Gerry Doherty, general secretary of the TSSA, said some fare rises on FCC will be 14 times more than the current 3.2% inflation rate.</p>
<p>The union added that FCC has told all commuters using flexi season tickets travelling away from the capital to work that they will be scrapped from January 2.</p>
<p>Flexi season tickets are sold to commuters travelling away from London in the morning as long as they were used after mid-day for the return journey.</p>
<p>TSSA said that on top of higher season tickets, FCC commuters also faced an average 8% rise in car parking charges.</p>
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