A pressure group calls for a shake up of fares including part-time season tickets and more pay as you go options.
Most rail services in Britain are operated under fixed-term franchises, which involve the DfT setting out standards for service levels, upgrades and performance.The CBT has called for this system to be replaced by several models which satisfy different needs of passengers and communities across the network.
It also calls for a major shake up of fares to encourage initiatives like a single national railcard, part-time season tickets and more pay as you go options. A DfT spokesman said:"The government will shortly bring forward reforms from the Williams Review, the first root and branch review of the rail industry in a generation.
"These reforms will put passengers first, end the complicated franchising model and simplify fares to create a fairer, more effective system." Paul Plummer, chief executive of the Rail Delivery Group, speaking on behalf of train operators, said the industry has long been calling for the"bold reform of the railway" recommended by the CBT.
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