Call for flexible rail fares to reflect home working shift [Holyrood Website]





Date: 30/11/2020

The UK Government must look to reform the way rail fares are set to meet the needs of changing working patterns post-pandemic, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) has said.


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The Rail Delivery Group also called for fares reform to be central to the forthcoming white paper on rail reform across ...

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