People who purchase good value fares would absolutely view it as a negative if their fares are withdrawn or increased in price.It’s very likely to mean that, yes.
Of course the travelling public lack the knowledge to play the system, don’t benefit from the savings, so won’t view simplification in the negative way many on here do.
Anyone can get good value fares (where available) without any knowledge these days, and it isn't "playing the system" at all; indeed it is the costly TOCs (e.g. TPE, XC) - who price fares at a premium - who are the ones gaming the system.
Indeed; I agree that Labour have not signalled any intention of reducing fares, and we should not expect this will happen.A lot of people seem to think fares will be going down. They won’t be, and Labour have been careful to avoid expressly suggesting they will, but if people believe that it shows their message has been delivered exactly as intended!
Indeed; simplification very rarely results in the lowest prices fares being retained.Labour’s shadow transport secretary said that they would be simplifying fares and that they wouldn’t necessarily get any cheaper.
The answer is right now is that we don’t know which one they’d pick to continue, but I doubt they’ll pick the cheapest!