Statistics watchdog criticises UK rail passenger survey
(The Guardian Business News)

Office for Statistics Regulation says twice-yearly poll does not reflect passengers´ experience o Northern rail to be renationalised - and some Beeching closures might reopenA national survey of rail passengers that has guided UK decisions on rail franchising for two decades has been condemned in a highly critical report by the statistics regulator.The Office for Statistics Regulation said that the national rail passenger survey (NRPS) was not yet fit to be designated as an official national statistic. Continue reading...