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Travel 2.0 Travel News Rail companies 'should be able to increase fares'
Rail companies 'should be able to increase fares' E-mail
'High-speed' rail will, in fact, almost certainly slow down the journeys of more rail users than it speeds up Photo: REX

Leaked documents disclose that the review will say that rail companies must either be allowed to charge significantly more for some travel or that the Government will have to dramatically increase the capacity on trains.

The recommendations, from Sir Roy McNulty, the former chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority, are due to be delivered next month to ministers.

The study is expected to warn that fare structures are too complex, over-subsidised and do not manage peak demand.

It will say the railways are subject to too much state involvement and a growth in services has not been matched by efficiency savings.

The documents say costs are a major problem and need to be cut by 35 per cent to match European counterparts.

They will set out plans to cut staff and propose decentralising or breaking-up Network Rail. They recommend loosening franchise terms to allow operators to respond better to demand.

The report will urge ministers to review fares policies and allow train operators to “take a more commercial approach” to ticket prices by lifting caps on fares and removing saver tickets from long-distance services.

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