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Update on centralised Great British Railways online rail ticket retailer: December 2023
As set out in the white paper, we are committed to improving passenger experience on the railways.
The private sector plays an important role in driving innovation and attracting more customers to the railway. As stated in the Bradshaw Address, we are focused on opening up railway data and systems, lowering barriers to entry for independent rail ticket retailers to improve passenger experience. We are confirming that we are not pursuing plans to deliver a centralised Great British Railways online rail ticket retailer.
Train operators will continue to retail to passengers online alongside existing third-party retailers while we develop measures to spur further competition in the online rail ticket retail market to make things better for passengers.
Great British Railways: Williams-Shapps plan for rail
The government’s plan to transform the railways in Great Britain.
www.gov.uk
Well that's a real shame, both that this has been scrapped and that Trainline continues to live another day. This would make rail travel extremely accessible to tourists and those who don't travel by train a lot. It would have really opened up rail travel to more people and made it easier to navigate fare types.