PROTESTORS took to the train stations of Worcester to fight the rising fares, after another spike in ticket costs.

Campaigners were lobbying to commuters at Shrub Hill and Worcester Foregate stations this morning from 7am, handing out information leaflets on the impact of the 2.2 percent rise in tickets prices across the board.

Peter McNally, a train driver and chairman of the city's Trades Union Council who was leading the protest, says customers aren't getting a service that justifies the price hike.

He said: "We had a lot of response from people at both stations and generated a lot of interest, which is good as this effects so many people.

"I am a train driver and I always see what the public have to go through when using our train service. "The customer service is going down and getting worse all the time.

"So many times I see litter on trains, delays and lots of passengers having to stand on the trains as there's not enough room to sit on them.

"The service the customers get does not justify them having to keep paying higher and higher prices. "The whole thing needs looking at."

The rail industry insist the price hike is needed to fund better infrastructure, with the price rise the lowest in five years.

Season ticket costs have risen by 2.5 percent, while a single day's return from Worcester Foregate Street station now costs £31.20, which is a rise of £1.

Foregate Street to Birmingham New Street now costs £8 or a day return, with the same journey to Cheltenham Spa costing £9.10 since the rise.