RAIL users are set for a huge cost-of-living boost thanks to the first freeze on rail fares in 30 years, according to a Cornwall MP.

Around 285,000 journeys either start or end at Penryn station each year, with an estimated 45 per cent regulated and therefore subject to the government’s fare freeze. With the average journey costing £6.88, a 4.8 per cent rise (July 2025’s inflation figure) would have seen each fare increase by 33p, meaning a total hike of £42,318.64 - a figure local passengers will now save.

Publishing the figures, Jayne Kirkham, Labour MP for Truro and Falmouth, said: “This Labour Government is determined to help families with the cost of living. Rail fares are frozen for the first time in a generation, helping people afford journeys to school, college and work.

“We all want to see change as fast as possible, and this year that change will become clearer every day - in your weekly shop, monthly bills and wages.”