DfT’s rail fares plan ‘too simplistic’

Passenger Transport Executive support body Pteg has criticised the DfT’s suggestion that there is a need to reduce regional imbalances in rail fare levels. The DfT’s ticketing consultation suggests that fares in the London commuting area are considerably higher than other parts of the country and that passengers on “higher yield services are effectively cross-subsidising passengers on lower yield services”. But Pteg says the analysis is “entirely unhelpful”,...

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