Once-in-a-generation rail fare reform? Ryanair on steroids | Patrick Collinson

The Rail Delivery Group’s so-called new deal is the opposite of fare simplicationThe latest attempt to simplify our crazily complex rail ticketing system, hailed as a “once in a generation reform” is nothing of the sort. It is tinkering at the margins, which will result in some passengers being a little better off, a few a little worse off and Britain’s railway system still egregiously expensive and unfit for purpose.The Rail Delivery Group’s (RDG’s) new deal