Like them or loath them, Ryanair has completely transformed air travel in Europe. People can travel to destinations as cheap as chips or pay for all the add-ons, it's the customer's choice.
So you want to travel from Sheffield to Glasgow one way, as an example.
On the internet the ticket will cost you £45, but you have to download the ticket to your phone, if you want to turn up to the station and buy it there, it will cost you £80.
If you want an aisle seat it will cost you £12, a window seat will cost you £18, or you can turn up and take any seat that has not been booked for free.
A small handbag that sits on your lap will cost you £5, a small suitcase that goes in the overhead holder will cost you £20 and a large suitcase will cost £40. You pay nothing more with no bags. A bicycle will cost you £30 and if you want to travel with a pet it will cost you £25 extra.
If you want to buy food and drinks, you have to purchase them on the internet, you will not be able to purchase them on the train, cuts out waste.
Internet is available on the train at a cost. All intercity trains will have screens at the back of seats, you can pay to watch films and gamble if you like, but at a cost.
The best and most reliable intercity stock will be retained, all other stock will be phased out at the end of their working life. Intercity will end up with only one stock of trains (bi modes), this will keep maintenance costs down.
Regional railways stock will also be brought down to just one stock of trains, again this will keep maintenance costs down.
Last year Ryanair carried 181.8 million passengers with a turnover of 10.78billion euros. The railways generated 7.72 billion in ticket sales from 1.3 billion customers.
Like I say, Ryanair has transformed air travel for millions, would their business model work on the railways or do we just keep going with the clapped out system we have today?
So you want to travel from Sheffield to Glasgow one way, as an example.
On the internet the ticket will cost you £45, but you have to download the ticket to your phone, if you want to turn up to the station and buy it there, it will cost you £80.
If you want an aisle seat it will cost you £12, a window seat will cost you £18, or you can turn up and take any seat that has not been booked for free.
A small handbag that sits on your lap will cost you £5, a small suitcase that goes in the overhead holder will cost you £20 and a large suitcase will cost £40. You pay nothing more with no bags. A bicycle will cost you £30 and if you want to travel with a pet it will cost you £25 extra.
If you want to buy food and drinks, you have to purchase them on the internet, you will not be able to purchase them on the train, cuts out waste.
Internet is available on the train at a cost. All intercity trains will have screens at the back of seats, you can pay to watch films and gamble if you like, but at a cost.
The best and most reliable intercity stock will be retained, all other stock will be phased out at the end of their working life. Intercity will end up with only one stock of trains (bi modes), this will keep maintenance costs down.
Regional railways stock will also be brought down to just one stock of trains, again this will keep maintenance costs down.
Last year Ryanair carried 181.8 million passengers with a turnover of 10.78billion euros. The railways generated 7.72 billion in ticket sales from 1.3 billion customers.
Like I say, Ryanair has transformed air travel for millions, would their business model work on the railways or do we just keep going with the clapped out system we have today?
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