Pricing, investment and service levels are a matter for train operating companies and their customers.
Various train operating companies have investigated ways of trying to replace the Pacer, although little progress has yet been made.
Manchester Piccadilly is currently served by six train operating companies.
During this period, many railway lines were constructed and put into operation in Brazil by regional train operating companies.
The cost would be significantly offset by the saving in the massive subsubsidies paid to the private train operating companies.
In a first move the party calls on the government to ban train operating companies from raising rail fares above strict limits.
Chester is served by four train operating companies.
It would also be useful for train operating companies who could assign carriages to trains based on likely passenger numbers.
There are currently 16 train operating companies.
National Rail and some Train Operating Companies still use them.