Sentences with phrase «cut rail fares»
An independent study from Sir Roy McNulty published this morning calls for a 30 % efficiency improvement by 2019 in order to cut rail fares.
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As far as reducing UK emissions is concerned, it would make more sense to cut rail fares to encourage people to use trains more — instead of pushing people back into cars on already jam - packed roads, and increasing congestion, emissions and air pollution.
Campaigners have called for swifter action on cutting rail fares, but a major report out today says passengers will have to wait.
Not exact matches
Trade unions are protesting at train stations across the country today against increases in rail fares and planned cuts.
The CBT claims more affordable rail fares will help boost local economies and have a positive environmental impact by cutting road congestion and pollution.
Put simply, rail fares have been too expensive for low earners for a long time — to make them affordable enough so that poorer adults use them at a similar rate to rich adults would require major cuts to fares, and therefore a major increase to taxpayer subsidy.
During the fight over service cuts and fare increases, some of the most vocal testimony at public hearings involved people with disabilities who need Metro Bus and Rail to get around to jobs, to homes, to health care.
Freezing rail fares, challenging the SNP over spending and cuts, and a bid to help younger people buy a home.
They want the government to provide «fair pricing» for rail travel and are calling on the Liberal Democrats to live up to their manifesto promise to cut train fares below inflation by one per cent each year.
«The billions that this will save must be used to invest in our rail network and to cut fares for hard - pressed passengers.»
Bus services are seeing year - on - year cuts and government is still committed to above - inflation rail fares rises.»
It meant the Tories were free to make billions of pounds worth of unfunded tax cuts, NHS spending and rail fare freezes all while being able to claim they are more responsible than Labour.