Image copyright PA Rail passengers are facing higher fares across the UK as average price increases of 2.3% are introduced on the first weekday of the new year.
The increase covers regulated fares, including season tickets, and unregulated, such as off-peak tickets.
Campaigners said the rise was a “kick in the teeth” for passengers after months of widespread strike disruption.
The government said it was delivering the biggest rail modernisation programme for more than a century.
The increase in fares came as a strike by conductors on Southern Rail entered its third day, as a long-running row about the role of guards on new trains continued.
The RMT union began the 72-hour walkout on New Year"s Eve, while another strike is set for 9 January.
Why are prices rising? Image copyright Dan Kitwood By Richard Westcott, BBC transport correspondent
Even if you allow for inflation, rail fares have gone up by around 25% since the mid-1990s.
Some tickets have spiked by 40% in just a decade…
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