northernchris
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It's time to call a halt to the proliferation of single operator tickets and to change the franchising system to outlaw it. We have a rail network, and this practice just undermines it. In the early years of privatisation, the new train companies began to see each other as competitors but this mindset was supposed to have changed. I'm referring to walk-up single and return and rover-type tickets, not advance purchase obviously, nor special offers like Club 55. What does everyone think? We've had the debate on here about Merseyside Saveaway and Daysaver tickets, one a PTE ticket, the other operator-specific which is a few pence cheaper, and just confuses the would-be traveller.
Advances do help to fill seats on quieter trains, and with new services such as Leeds - Chester can help attract new custom