The cost of travelling is set to rise again as passengers face record prices at the pumps and changes at the ticket office.
Wales now has the highest diesel prices with a litre costing 124.17p.
A bid to make train fares less complicated will see some tickets for cross country journeys from Wales rising by a third.
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Fuel prices are the latest problem to hit the farming industry and one Welsh agricultural contractor warned yesterday that they could drive him out of business.
Tecwyn Hughes of Cleifiog Isaf, Llanynghenedl who works alongside his two sons has been contracting from his Anglesey home since 1952, but fears that he will have to quit because of massive rises in the price of red and white diesel.
Mr Hughes said: “In all my time in this industry, I have never faced a situation as dire as this. I feel as though contractors and farmers are being pushed over the edge as we simply cannot cope with the huge rise in the price of fuel.”
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Electricity consumers in North Wales pay on average 4% more and consumers in South Wales pay on average 10% more for their electricity compared to the English average, according to new research by the fuel watchdog energywatch.
The news will be discussed by the Welsh Assembly sustainability committee on Thursday as it tries to tackle the problem of fuel poverty in Wales.
Mick Bates AM, chair of the committee, said : “Fuel poverty and the impact of increasing fuel prices mean that there are many people cold this winter. I am looking forward to hearing the energywatch research findings in this area, and I am very pleased that the energy companies have agreed to give evidence.”
The Assembly Government is aiming to eradicate fuel poverty among vulnerable households by 2010 and eradicate fuel poverty among all households by 2018
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South Wales Police are warning petrol stations and other organisations which hold large quantities of fuel to be aware that due to increases in fuel prices many people are resorting to ciphering or stealing fuel.
Acting Inspector Steve Trigg said, “As petrol and diesel prices are increasing there has been a trend towards ciphering and stealing fuel from businesses as this has now become an expensive commodity.
“I ask all businesses which store or sell fuel to make sure that CCTV is fully operational and that barrels are hidden out of sight from the general public.
“Minimising the opportunities for theft will justifiably put people off committing the crime.”
Source: NewsWales