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Ministers set to reveal radical rail shake-up
The long-awaited white paper will contain pledges to introduce new flexible season tickets in order to get people back on trains.
Ministers are set to reveal the biggest overhaul of the UK’s rail system in three decades, with reforms including the introduction of flexible season tickets and pay-as-you-go travel across the network.
The coming week will see the publication of a long-awaited white paper on the future of the country’s rail network, the Times reported.
Chief among the reforms, the day-to-day running of the rail system will be brought under the control of a new body, independent of the Department for Transport (DfT).
Railways set for biggest shake-up since privatisation
As the railways adjust to changing working patterns, carnet tickets will be offered to commuters who come to the office for one or two day
15 May 2021 • 5:34pm
Ministers are set to announce the biggest shake-up of the railways since privatisation on the three-year anniversary of a bungled timetable overhaul that provoked nationwide fury among commuters.
Flexible season tickets will be formally unveiled as Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, lays the groundwork for a series of radical changes on Thursday.
As the railways adjust to changing working patterns, French-style carnet tickets will be offered to commuters who come to the office for one or two days a week.
POWYS County Council have joined up with fellow authorities and businesses in calling for a unified plan for cross-border road and rail investment which is deemed “critical”. The group has urged the Union Connectivity Review panel to look at the issues that have led to a delay in multiple projects moving ahead in Mid Wales and the Borders. Projects affecting Mid Wales include: • The A5, A458 and the A483 corridor (which includes the recently announced Pant Llanymynech bypass) providing a key economic corridor across the border, essential to Oswestry, Shrewsbury and neighbouring towns in Wales such as Welshpool and Newtown
Billions of pounds will be spent on improving road and rail links to Scotland under plans being put forward by Boris Johnson to strengthen the Union, it was claimed today.
The Prime Minister is said to be preparing to splash the cash on better infrastructure in a desperate bid to see off the threat of Scottish independence.
The Government is also looking at treating Scottish NHS patients on beds in England to deal with an operations backlog while UK diplomats in foreign capitals will be told to stress the case against independence.
The plans could also see a student exchange programme set up between the UK nations.