It's called "the common good" I'd happily pay higher taxes to ensure more people used trains.
Then my motoring would be less congested and I could belch my fumes without a care.
The point is that the fares are too fecking steep in the first place. A 16 year old lad gets bumped for £50 notes and I've seen god knows how many scrote fare dodgers who just square up to the clippy and get off Scott free provided they detrain at the next stop.
£23 notes for a forty mile...