train overcrowding to get worse
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Overcrowding on trains in England and Wales will get substantially worse over the next four years despite rises in ticket prices, a report by MPs says.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the Department for Transport's own plans suggested targets for increasing passenger places would be missed.
It blamed the failure on the absence of any requirement to improve capacity within train operators' contracts.
The government said plans to improve the situation would be unveiled soon.
Chairwoman of the PAC Margaret Hodge said MPs were concerned that the "already unacceptable levels of overcrowding will simply get worse and ever more intolerable".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11713792
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the Department for Transport's own plans suggested targets for increasing passenger places would be missed.
It blamed the failure on the absence of any requirement to improve capacity within train operators' contracts.
The government said plans to improve the situation would be unveiled soon.
Chairwoman of the PAC Margaret Hodge said MPs were concerned that the "already unacceptable levels of overcrowding will simply get worse and ever more intolerable".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11713792
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dreamsenvoy
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"train overcrowding to get worse"-sounds like something i said back in the last
millenium. - 1 year ago
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dreamsenvoy
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CarolineS
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cos I love paying £4 for a single tube ticket to stand up on an over crowded sweaty train.
- 1 year ago
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CarolineS
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dreamsenvoy
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CarolineS:
you have a point there
- 1 year ago
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dreamsenvoy
