Full review of rail network needed, says MP  

Commenting on the Commons public accounts committee’s report on improving passenger rail capacity, South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon, a member of the committee, said: “ This report does not paint the English rail industry in a flattering light. The Department for Transport doesn’t know enough about who is using the rail network and when, while many passengers struggle to see what the money they pay in exorbitant fares is actually buying them. “ The Office of Rail Regulation is meant to look out for passengers, yet it does a poor job of holding Network Rail to account. The rail industry as a whole is complicated, cumbersome, bereft of independent scrutiny and slow to drive down its inherently high costs. “ People paying premium fares for rail services that are still overcrowded have every right to be furious, especially as trains look set to get more crowded, not less. Passengers...