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To: The Government
50% refund if no seats on train
When rail franchises come up for renewal, please impose a contract term that says if anyone can't get a seat on their journey then they are entitled to have 50% of the prce paid refunded.
Why is this important?
This would incentivise railway companies to put on enough carriages or services so that people could travel sitting down on seats, instead of standing up or blocking the aisles.
I don't like having to pay some £60 for a standard class off peak return to London only to find some mornings that I have to stand for much of the journey, or chance sitting in a reserved seat and hoping that the seat holder doesn't turn up.
