Date: 18/06/2020

Each rail passenger journey taken in the UK since lockdown has cost the taxpayer around £100 in subsidies, with billions of pounds of government money going to train companies to run near-empty services.Transport experts said that unless the government reviewed physical distancing rules and encouraged people back on to trains, it would face a 'bleak choice' between continuing to pay high subsidies for empty trains or mothballing rail services.

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Rail subsidies costing UK taxpayer £100 per journey in lockdown

The Guardian

Experts question how long government will continue to fund running of empty trains