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- noun A person who
pays afare (to travel)
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Examples
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Its other source of income is £2bn a year in track usage fees, to which the farepayer is a significant contributor.
The Guardian World News Dan Milmo 2011
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The farepayer contributed £6.2bn over the same period and that total will increase rapidly, with the government committed to annual season ticket increases pegged at the rate of retail price index inflation RPI plus 3% until 2014.
Rail companies face tough negotiations on five-year spending plan 2011
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The DfT said: "We always keep under review how we can get the best possible deal for the taxpayer and the farepayer."
Government's plans for PFI threatens British firm's Crossrail bid 2011
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TfL said: "When we undergo any procurement process we always keep under review how we can get the best possible for the farepayer and the taxpayer."
Government's plans for PFI threatens British firm's Crossrail bid 2011
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In 2008/09, the government spent £5. 2bn on the railways, according to the Office of Rail Regulation, with the farepayer contributing £6bn.
National Express backs government's possible rail ticket price rise 2010
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By 2014 the farepayer is expected to account for 75% of industry funding, but franchise owners and Network Rail, the quasi-private owner of the rail system, are braced for an acceleration in that timescale.
National Express backs government's possible rail ticket price rise 2010
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If the Government will insist on claiming a definitional difference between a taxpayer and a farepayer when it comes to funding the railways. it suggests - does it not - that fares are to be tax-free which must mean no more VAT right?
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Although the Government cut back the annual increase to RPI plus 1% for 2012, the RPI plus 3% figure is still set to apply in January 2013 and January 2014, as the Government moves to put more of the cost of the railways on to the farepayer rather than the taxpayer.
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The funding balance between passenger and taxpayer is a particularly important issue for rail travellers, because the farepayer is expected to pay for 75% of the industry's cost by
Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk Dan Milmo 2010
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The Atoc study will consult train operators, thinktanks, MPs and the rail user watchdog on issues including the proliferation of ticket types, whether the right fares are subjected to price caps and whether the government has struck the right funding balance between the taxpayer and the farepayer.
Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk Dan Milmo 2010
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