Fall In Cost Of Motoring Revealed

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• Published: 08 Feb 2010 in Motoring and Car Insurance

The cost of running a car has continued to fall while bus and rail fares have risen, according to new Government figures.

Transport Minister Sadiq Khan said the "real" cost of motoring, including buying a car, had fallen by 14% between 1997 and 2009.

Over the same period, bus and coach fares increased by 24%, while rail fares went up by 13% in real terms, he told Liberal Democrat transport spokesman Norman Baker in a Commons written reply.

Mr Khan said that between 1980 and 2009 the cost of motoring had fallen by 17%, while bus and coach fares rose 54% and rail fares increased 50%.

The cost of the average UK domestic one-way air fare, including taxes and charges, also went down, by 35%, between 1997 and 2008.