Train tickets "too subsidised"

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"LEAKS of the forthcoming McNulty report into railway finances have raised fears that many jobs could be at risk, and have already triggered union opposition. It's claimed that the report, due to be published during May, will also recommend drastic reforms at Network Rail.

It's reported that fares have come under particular scrutiny, with ticket pricing criticised as 'too complex, too subsidised, over-regulated and inadequate at managing rush-hour demand'. Fare caps could be lifted or abolished after a proposed ministerial review."

"An industrial Rail Delivery Group will be set up to focus on costs and making the best use of existing capacity. The report is also said to recommend 'deregulation of ticket office opening hours, balanced by the introduction of modern technology'.

The study sets out 'barriers to efficiency', including 'unproductive relationships' with the unions, the present largely centralised structure of Network Rail and 'too much government interference'.

Suggestions that staff levels could come under review have prompted immediate opposition from the RMT general secretary Bob Crow, who said that he would "fight this attack on jobs, safety and service quality every step of the way".

Sir Roy McNulty, who has branded the present state railway subsidy of £5 billion annually as 'unsustainable', was commissioned to investigate railway finances by the previous government in December 2009, and his project was maintained by the incoming transport secretary Philip Hammond following last year's general election."

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