New year, new rail fare price surge. Commuters might be upset at the soaring cost of rail travel but the FT's political leader writer, Sebastian Payne, is more inclined to look at the benefits ticket prices bring.<br /><br />► Subscribe to FT.com here: http://bit.ly/2r8RJzM<br /><br />► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs<br /><br />For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video<br /><br /><br />Twitter https://twitter.com/ftvideo<br />Facebook https://www.facebook.com/financialtimes