Rail fares will fluctuate based on demand under a trial to be announced by Transport Secretary Mark Harper. The cost of travel on some London North Eastern Railway (LNER) services will be more or less expensive depending on how many seats have been filled.
This is an attempt to better manage capacity while also raising revenue, the Department for Transport said. Mr Harper will set out an extension of pay-as-you-go ticketing for train journeys across south east England. He will also confirm plans to expand single leg pricing, which has been trialled by LNER - a publicly owned operator - since 2020.
That means a single fare will always be half the cost of a return. Currently, an off-peak single between Durham and London, for example, costs just £1 less than a return.
