National Rail Card System: Number 10 "Market Forces" Reply to Green Rail E-Petition

You recently signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to
"create a national railcard and make all train fares more
affordable than the corresponding car journeys, for the sake of
our environment."

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http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11214.asp

Prime Minister's Office

Petition info: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Train-fares/

Some valid points under the marketised model. But surely time for HMG to phase out the privateers and re-unite the rail and the stock?

Anyone who follows a PTA or PTE's business (trainspotters of the world unite) will know that service subsidies are a racket which the operators play with panache.