“First-class train carriages axed
Just 28 annual season ticket holders paid for first-class fares, rail chiefs revealed
First-class commuter carriages could be on the way out after Whitehall officials gave an operator the green light to axe them and free up seats.
Train companies have been ordered by the Department for Transport to find cost savings, with demand still below pre-pandemic levels.
Last week, Southeastern, the nationalised operator that runs more than 1,500 services from Sussex and Kent into London every day, said it would scrap first-class tickets entirely.
The decision came after rail chiefs revealed just 28 annual season ticket holders paid for first-class fares.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...arriages-axed/
This would have never happened under New Labour
“Great Western Railway” - should be renamed to maybe “JustOK Western Railways”
Just 28 annual season ticket holders paid for first-class fares, rail chiefs revealed
First-class commuter carriages could be on the way out after Whitehall officials gave an operator the green light to axe them and free up seats.
Train companies have been ordered by the Department for Transport to find cost savings, with demand still below pre-pandemic levels.
Last week, Southeastern, the nationalised operator that runs more than 1,500 services from Sussex and Kent into London every day, said it would scrap first-class tickets entirely.
The decision came after rail chiefs revealed just 28 annual season ticket holders paid for first-class fares.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...arriages-axed/
This would have never happened under New Labour
“Great Western Railway” - should be renamed to maybe “JustOK Western Railways”
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