Review by shaking rail fares

 corresponding by Richard Scott Transport, BBC News  some rail passengers could face higher rates as the report on the costs of railway a comprehensive reform of the United Kingdom Railway is likely to be triggered when a study commissioned by the Government on their value for money is revealed.

Former Chairman Civil Aviation Authority Sir Roy McNulty report will review the rates, with some potentially significantly increase while others fall.

He has already urged ￡ billion savings per year by 2018, which could be of Ministers on a collision course with the unions.

Union RMT blame high rail of the fresh United Kingdom on privatization of exploitation.

Mr. McNulty report, commissioned by the previous Government, will feed into a white paper expected in the fall.

The reason for the report is that our railways are too expensive. In fact, they are approximately 30% more expensive run than their counterparts in other countries. That means fare payers and taxpayers pay more than necessary.

Its interim report, published in December 2010, found this billion ￡ worth of savings can be made by 2018 without cutting services. Which has been accepted by the Government.

Additional parking spaces

These savings are likely to come from several sources. The most important, but less eye-catching is probably by obtaining Network Rail - which manages the rail infrastructure - to work more closely with the train companies.

The idea is to give them the same objective of displacement of persons and goods as efficiently as possible.

It is also likely to be new measures of awareness of income such as the construction of additional car parking spaces at stations.

And the report submitted by Mr. McNulty, later also recommend a review of the rates - who will accept the Government.

Which will focus on the application management on railway. Overall, the plan is to keep the flat rates, but some are likely increase while others fall.

Peak-time commuter are already at their rates going up by Retail Price Index (RPI) + 3% over the next three years.

Government's objective is that, after these rates will rise by inflation only. In addition, some quiet trains could see tariffs cut and there will be a drive to simplify tickets.

But some services off peak - those outside rush hour - could see rates increase strongly that the Government looks for more gradual management of the application to spread passengers in trains more uniformly.

Some off-peak services are packaged as passengers are waiting to take advantage of cheaper prices.

Another sector key to save money is staff costs. But the change in working practices, jobs and reducing wages are likely to put the Government and train companies on a collision course with the RMT Union - and to raise the prospect of train strikes widespread.

RMT believes that it is the privatization of railways which is responsible for their higher operating costs.