'We think it's high time the rail fare north-south divide is closed with rail passengers in the north given access to the same discounts as their southern counterparts'
Candidates in the Greater Manchester mayoral election faced calls to back a campaign for the creation of a new 'railcard for the north'.
Liberal Democrat candidate Jake Austin said: The state of the trains as they are at the moment, it's not great. We do need to do more about it. Yes, I agree with you on a north pass." Rail performance, Mr Burnham added, has improved marginally in Greater Manchester. He's previously called for both Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express to be stripped of their franchises.
Laura Evans, the Conservative Party candidate, said the older person's travel card should run throughout a whole day. "We have got to get people travelling, which is why I have suggested a veterans travel card. We must integrate if we want to grow."It doesn't need to be carried by Government all the time, because there are private partnerships that will work. Canary Wharf was done by a public/private partnership.
The idea of a 'Northern Network Railcard' has also been supported by former transport secretary and current chair of Transport for the North, Patrick McLoughlin.
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