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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Ross Lydall

Victory as simpler train tickets trial is extended on LNER

The trial of “simpler” ticketing that will make the railways cheaper and more flexible for passengers is to be expanded across a major long-distance route to and from London, the Standard can reveal.

London North Eastern Railway, which carries more than 20 million passengers a year, is to widen a “successful” pilot scheme that tackles the problem of passengers shunning the railways because they are confused by the range of fares.

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