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People are commuting less. 0utside london, commuterjourneys are only 54% of what they were and in london it's 41%. while that's good news for holiday spots like seaside getaways and rural retreats, the worry is that fewer people coming in to city centres will damage businesses. fewer commuters will absolutely have a big impact on shops and other businesses in town and city centres. our research shows that £33 billion a year is spent by commuters when they travel. for us as an industry we're building backup services, we've introduced flexible season tickets, but we want to go further, we want ...

That lower passenger numbers are damaging city centre businesses. at the other end of the scale, leisure trips are nearly back to 2019 levels. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies has more. this was what mornings used to look like, but the commute is not back to normal. commuterjourneys are less than half the number they were before the pandemic. more of us are taking the train since the end of the summer holidays, particularly for leisure, which is back up to 90% of its pre—pandemic levels. but across the country, people are commuting less. 0utside london, commuterjourneys are only 5...

Our research shows that £33 billion a year is spent by commuters when they travel. for us as an industry we are building backup services but we want to go further, we want to introduce tap in and tap out, automatic price capped all over the country for commuters. what you already have in london. because we think that will help get today's flexible commuters back on board. we want to work with the government to introduce that as quickly as possible. the government has spent billions keeping the trains running during the pandemic. it is also keen to get passengers back. the way we work has chan...

Back to 2019 levels. this caroline davies has more. this was what mornings used to look like, but the commute is not back to normal. commuterjourneys are less than half the number they were before the pandemic. more of us are taking the train since the end of the summer holidays, particularly for leisure, which is back up to 90% of its pre—pandemic levels. but across the country, people are commuting less. 0utside london, commuterjourneys are only 5a% of what they were and in london it's a1%. while that's good news for holiday spots like seaside getaways and rural retreats, the worry is that...

Of its pre— pandemic levels. but across the country, people are commuting less. outside london, commuterjourneys are only 54% of what they were and in london it is 41%. while that is good news for holiday spots like seaside getaways and rural retreats, the worry is that fewer people coming into city centres will damage businesses. fewer commuters will absolutely have a big impact on shops and other businesses in big town and city centres. our research shows that £33 billion are spent by commuters when they travel. for us as an industry we are building backup services but we are building bac...