It would be absurd to suggest that experienced railway directors
have not considered the obvious policy of attracting more passengers by cheaper " week-end fares and by more various holiday facilities. No doubt they have talked all this over and thought it all out and no doubt they frame their policy on experience. All the same we cannot quench a suspicion that they have not acted with enough faith or imagination. In many cases a family going away for a holiday finds that it is actually cheaper to travel by motor than by train. Have the companies thought of group fares for families ? Then, again, the restrictions which prevent the " week-end " passenger from starting before a particular moment on the day for which his ticket is dated, and from returning on Sunday, seem to be niggling and are certainly annoying.
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