BBC - Have Your Say: How can travel by train be improved?
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By increasing APD the UK will be balancing cost between UK Train and UK Air charges, it's just a way of keeping ahead of other countries !!!
And a previous poster mentioned Jet Fuel Tax, this will be a nice tool to get even more cash.
Two things in life are certain, been said for a long time, no change anytime soon I think.