Railways: Fare Structures
Debate between Baroness Morris of Bolton and Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Tuesday 17th November 2020
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The Deputy Speaker (Baroness Morris of Bolton) (Con)
Lord Berkeley. No? We will move on to the next speaker. I call the noble Lord, Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton.
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Con)
My Lords, commuters on the west coast main line have been jammed in like sardines for years—never an appealing prospect, and even less so in the time of Covid. As well as flexibility on pricing, do we not also need to look at increasing capacity on our railways if we are to tempt people back to rail use?
Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con)
The noble Lord is of course completely right. That is why the Government are investing £48 billion over control period 6, not only to maintain our railways but to enhance them and to increase capacity.