NEW flexible season tickets introduced under the Williams- Shapps Plan for Rail to cater for two- and three-day-a-week commuters have been branded a "failure" by opposition MPs. Analysis conducted by the Labour party on more than 50 routes across the country appears to show that the new Flexi Seasons will cost some commuters 149% more per day, compared with traditional annual season tickets. The new paperless Flexi Seasons have been designed to encourage post-pandemic commuters back to rail, by allowing travel on any eight days in a 28-day period. According to the Department for Transport, they will "match modern working habits and save commuters hundreds of pounds".
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