RAIL union RMT accused the Trainline ticketing app today of relentless profiteering by not prioritising the cheapest train fares available for a journey.

The outfit is on track to generate £200 million this year from British ticket sales after describing government plans for a mass closure of ticket offices as a “possible tailwind,” the union said.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Private companies and contractors that are operating within the railways are making a killing while the government is pushing for the closure of all ticket offices.