Why do people not take to the streets over the price of train tickets in this country?

Posted by LetterBoxdBrain@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 17 comments

I'm fairly lucky at the moment as I'm still in the age bracket where I can get a railcard, but I'm looking at prices for trains and it's pretty shocking. To get to London for work from where I am, it is a £50 day return on peak times for a journey that takes an hour and nine minutes. Today I'm going to visit my parents by train and the journey is less than an hour, it's £20 for a day return ticket. Contrast that with the fact that I've flown to Edinburgh recently for £11. How is this sustainable? I dread the day where I can no longer get a railcard, I feel like I won't be able to afford to get the train at all.