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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

Where the philosophy of happiness meets rail replacement buses

Fixing Britain’s railways in the holistic sense is controversial. I have compiled a modest manifesto of how ticketing could be dragged kicking and screaming into the second quarter of the 21st century.

Fixing the nation’s railways in the sense of mending and modernising the infrastructure also causes many arguments, especially over a bank holiday.

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