UK commuters 'pay more for trains' Some UK rail commuters, facing 6 per cent average fare rises next week, are already paying almost ten times more for their season tickets than their European counterparts, according to new figures. The price of a 2011 season ticket from Woking in Surrey to London, including Tube travel in the capital, is £3,268. In comparison, a similar 22 mile journey from Velletri to Rome costs Italian season ticket holders £336.17, statistics from the Campaign for Better Transport showed. Similar journeys of around 21 to 24 miles in other European countries reveal that rail travellers on the continent are paying far less for their trains. According to the CBT figures, which include the equivalent of multi-modal travel tickets on each city's underground systems, an annual season ticket for the 24 mile journey from Ballancourt-sur-Essonne to Paris costs £924.66. The Government had planned to increase the annual price rise formula by 2 per cent in January 2012, which would have meant regulated fares rising 8 per cent. Chancellor George Osborne announced last month that the rise would be limited to 6 per cent, but the Government still plans annual rises of RPI inflation plus 3 per cent for January 2013 and January 2014.