More than two million train tickets will be on offer next week as part of a rail sale, the Department for Transport has announced. Cheaper Advance and Off-Peak tickets will be available from 14 to 20 January, with discounts of up to 50%. Transport minister Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill said the sale offers “exceptionally cheap rates” and benefits both passengers and the economy. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00So this rail sale is a real opportunity for people to use the railway at exceptionally cheap rates.
00:05We've obviously got to strike a balance between the cost of the railway's cost to taxpayers and
00:10fair payers but look this is going to offer for several weeks up until the end of March
00:15the opportunity to travel for up to 50% off and actually if we get five million or more extra
00:21journeys that's good for the people who take them, it's good for railway revenue and it's
00:25good for the economy. Well if people start using the railway if they haven't done it before and
00:30find that it's quicker and reliable which is part of the government's plan for change which is making
00:34the railway more reliable which is what I spend all my time doing then actually that will be a
00:38success. The government's plan for change is the biggest change the railway's organisation
00:43in a generation and Great British Railways is designed to reduce the cost of running the railway
00:49increase the amount of travel and also make the railway more reliable.
00:53I'm really confident that that can be achieved.