Rail Prices Halved For One Month To Boost Local Tourism

Rail Prices Halved For One Month To Boost Local Tourism

Daniel Hall 20/04/2022
Rail Prices Halved For One Month To Boost Local Tourism

The UK government announced that over one million rail tickets will be halved. 

Passengers can get their ‘next trip at a snip’ with savings of up to 50%.

The government's "Great British Rail Sale" will see some off-peak prices slashed by as much as half between 25 April and 27 May.

According to the Office of Rail and Road, about 285 million rail passenger journeys were made in Britain in the last three months of 2021 - just 62% of the levels seen before coronavirus struck.

Commuters are encouraged to take advantage of this unprecedented sale, which sees for the first time multiple operators come together to offer nationwide savings. 

Tickets covered by the sale include routes in England, Scotland and Wales. However, some passengers have complained that discounted tickets were unavailable for the route they wanted to travel.

Cutting the cost of rail travel will help ease some of the pressure on family finances at a time when inflation is rising around the world.

The move comes as Boris Johnson returns from the Easter break promising a renewed focus on combating the cost of living crisis.

Inflation has reached 7 per cent – a 30-year high – while ministers have been warned that average energy bills could rise to as much as £5,000 a year if the war in Ukraine continues to disrupt gas supplies.

The Department for Transport (DfT) is hoping the move will help struggling households to afford trips across the UK and boost the domestic tourism industry.

Ministers are also trying to address cost of living pressures, with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps saying he hopes the move will help households - contending with rising bills and soaring inflation – to afford trips across the UK and boost tourism.

Labour's shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said the discounts this spring will be 'small comfort to passengers' after years of 'soaring fares'.

Savings on offer for off-peak tickets include:

  • York to Leeds: was £5.60, now £2.80

  • London to Edinburgh: was £44, now £22

  • London to Cardiff: was £47, now £25

  • Wolverhampton to Liverpool: was £10.50, now £5.25

  • Manchester to Newcastle: was £20.60, now £10.30

  • Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads: was £25.30, now £12.60

  • Portsmouth Harbour to Penzance was £45.70, now £22.00

Offering half-price rail tickets is one of the ways the government is further supporting families with the cost of living.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has already announced measures to defer energy costs and offer some council tax discounts, but critics say more help is needed.

Tickets can be purchased online from participating retailers with the up to half-price rate applying to a huge range of off-peak tickets spreading the length and breadth of the country.

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Daniel Hall

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Daniel Hall is an experienced digital marketer, author and world traveller. He spends a lot of his free time flipping through books and learning about a plethora of topics.

 
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