The UK government is set to overhaul the nation's railways by scrapping return train tickets in favour of "single-leg pricing".
This move aims to simplify fares and provide better value for passengers.
Publicly-owned LNER has already begun a trial of selling single tickets only on its routes, where a single is always half the cost of a return.
According to reports, the transport secretary, Mark Harper, is expected to confirm the plans to replace return fares with "single-leg pricing" during a lecture to the railway industry on Tuesday.
The Man In Seat 61 explains that the UK rail fares system has many anomalies, such as a standard off-peak one-way train ticket from London to Durham costing £154, with a return priced at just £1 more, representing an increase of just 0.65 per cent for doubling the length of the trip.
The Department for Transport is briefing that many one-way fares will be halved under the simplified "single-leg" pricing.
The government sees the reform as providing "better value"for passengers, while the media characterises this change as "some good news" on the railway.
This follows criticism about the UK rail industry's fragmented structure and poor value for money.
The BBC reports that these changes have already been "expanded", whereas The Independent suggests that the plans will be "unveiled" by the transport secretary.