The government has announced the formation of a new consolidated state-owned railway called the Great British Railway (GBR), promising to run more advanced and efficient trains from 2023 onwards.
It says these reforms will make travel easier, removing existing "super-complex and fragmented" systems.
Complaining about rail travel in the UK has long been a national pastime. There is even a popular board game about signal failure and network problems that British families have been playing since 1973.
But the epidemic has brought new challenges and life may not look the same as before.
So what do passengers want now? Rail travelers tell us their main concerns.
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'I'm very interested in what savings are'
Tom Copeland is the director of IT security at Peterborough.
Prior to the epidemic, he worked three days a week at his firm's head office in London and two days a week at the firm's local office.
With Peterborough being in the main passenger belt from the north of England, his season ticket cost him 9,156.
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A one-day ticket can cost 120 120, instead it would be cheaper to get a season ticket.
"Before the epidemic, I was only in London three days a week but had to pay the full price of a season ticket, so I welcome a more flexible approach," he told the BBC. "I'm definitely interested in seeing what savings are."
Although he has not traveled to London since the epidemic began, he thinks he will return two days a week from June 21.
"Before the epidemic, I was paying about 50,750 a month," Mr Copeland said. "I'm hoping at least halfway through with this approach."
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