Title: BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | 10 legit ways to get cheaper rail fares
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Content: "Ninety-eight percent of passengers travel on the wide range of discounted fares available, and which do not involve making complicated enquiries about the purchase of combination fares. Nationally, more than 80% of rail journeys are made using discounted tickets including cheap day returns, savers, and advance purchase tickets." With millions of possible fare combinations, it is not practical for ticket retailers to give out every single combination of single and return tickets, she says. " Also, this might severely limit the number of trains that the passenger could use, depending on the time of day they wish to travel." A spokeswoman for Passenger Focus, an independent consumer watchdog, says that the above examples show just how complex the fare structure has become. "These are just a tiny proportion of the many anomalies there must be. If you know the system, you can bend it to your advantage but most passengers wouldn't know that you can get cheaper fares by buying a combination of tickets. "Passenger Focus is concerned that longer-distance passengers are perplexed by a complicated system so are never sure that they're getting the right ticket. There are great deals out there but it's no wonder that passengers, particularly first-time train travellers, feel bewildered by a range of tickets with a multitude of names." She adds that the group is working with the rail industry to simplify the fares structure.