The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) said about £50bn (EUR 57.7bn) was being spent on the rail network, which would result in an 11% rise in the number of weekday services. This investment means that 6,400 more train services will be running each week by 2021.
The group’s latest projections suggest that by 2021 there will be an increase in train frequency for London commuters and on high-speed England to Scotland routes. There will also be further improvements covering Kent, the Midlands, north-west England, the West Country and Wales.
The RDG study also claimed that rail companies were already running more than 1,350 extra trains each week compared with four years ago.
The RDG represents Network Rail, which manages the infrastructure, and the train operators.
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