With the recent annual fare rises and some Train Operating Companies (TOCs) replacing their trains with older stock (eg Northern's most modern train, the Class 158 being replaced by much inferior stock), should passengers pay less for travelling on less comfortable trains?
The question is that whilst some TOCs have investment as part of the franchise, others have the mission of running the same old clapped out stock for as long as they can, such as the eternally hated "Pacers".
I've posted this question on Quora at:
This also posts the question should the seat price reflect the location on train. I'm the only person who seems to like the Class 390 "Pendolino" but I had a journey in 1st class the other week in seat 06, which is right over the bogie. Whilst is wasn't the bone shaking experience of some of the provicial services, it was offputting as I could feel every track alignment problem but maybe that's because once a relayer, always a relayer (which means I'm ex-PWay in another life working on the track renewals) as the video below shows:
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