Campaigners have called for swifter action on
cutting rail fares, but a major report out today says passengers will have to wait.
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.
An independent study from Sir Roy McNulty published this morning calls for a 30 % efficiency improvement by 2019 in order to
cut rail fares.
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.