KATE Green, MP for Stretford and Urmston, has expressed her concern that rail fares in Trafford will rise again in 2016, meaning that passengers have been hit by a cost increase of 27 per cent since 2010.

The new fare rises will come into effect on January 2nd 2016. Figures show that the cost of an annual season ticket from Humphrey Park to the centre of Manchester has risen by £147 or 27 per cent since 2010.

Trafford people people commuting to Liverpool will also see the cost of a season ticket from Manchester Piccadilly Liverpool Lime Street rise by a massive £594 from £2,396 to £2,990.

Overall passenger satisfaction has declined since 2010 and in some areas commuters have faced ‘stealth fare rises’ of up to 162 per cent.

Last year, Ms Green launched a survey to hear residents' views on the local train service and submitted feedback to the government’s consultation on the future of the Northern and TransPennine Express Rail franchises.

The MP's survey found that residents were not satisfied that the price of their season tickets had been rising each year without the standard of service improving.

Ms said: “Passengers in Trafford are paying more and more each year to travel on increasingly overcrowded and unreliable trains. The cost of rail fares has risen much faster than wages and promised investment projects are not being delivered.

“The Conservatives are failing to put passengers first. The latest announcement on fare rises means that the cost of season tickets in Stretford and Urmston will have risen by £147 under their watch.

“Out of touch Ministers may say that this is a fair deal for passengers but this is a world away from the services people in Stretford and Urmston have to put up with.

“Instead of talking about ‘fair fares for comfortable commuting,’ Ministers should instead reform the railways, deliver better value for money and give passengers a real voice.”