On May 20, South West Trains introduced Super Off-Peak late-morning fares costing around 20% more than discounted fares which had previously applied to trains arriving in London after 10.00 on weekdays (RB1291 p4). Arriva Trains Wales and First Great Western have also recently raised some unregulated fares substantially. When Passenger Focus asked ORR to treat these increases as infringements of the Competition Act, ORR declined on the grounds that 'the cases are insufficiently promising to justify opening an investigation under competition law'. However, ORR Chief Executive Bill Emery did write on May 29 to DfT Rail Director General Dr Mike Mitchell, saying 'we believe that government should set out clearly the objectives underpinning its current and proposed fares policy and explain why it is in the wider public interest, taking into account the desired balance between the funding provided by taxpayers and fare-payers'.
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机译：5月20日，西南火车推出了超级非高峰期早上票价，其价格比以前在工作日10:00后到达伦敦的火车的折扣票价高出20％（RB1291 p4）。到达威尔士的Arriva Trains火车和First Great Western最近也大幅提高了一些不受管制的票价。当“旅客专心”要求ORR将这些增加视为违反《竞争法》时，ORR拒绝了，理由是“这些案件不足以保证根据竞争法展开调查”。然而，ORR首席执行官比尔·埃默里（Bill Emery）确实在5月29日给DfT铁路总干事迈克·米切尔（Mike Mitchell）博士说，“我们认为政府应该明确列出支持其现行和拟议票价政策的目标，并解释其为何出于更广泛的公共利益，并考虑到纳税人和车费支付者之间所需的资金平衡。
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