Earlier, Ruth Kelly, the transport secretary, told the conference that Britain's railways would "double in size" over the next decade, promised to make the train ticketing structure simpler and said local councils would have more power over buses to avoid "wasteful competition of the kind that brought Manchester's traffic to a halt last year".
Even so, announcements such as Liverpool's new ticketing structure only serve to highlight how grotesquely far removed executives appear from the realities of people whom they stand within only a few yards of each week.
In a review of the club's ticketing structure and pricing, Liverpool plan to make around 2,500 seats available to youngsters for each Premier League game, some costing as little as £9 as the club seek to increase accessibility.
Launching the investment, Mr Jones said: "This will be a truly green service, using low emission engines... it will have an attractive and easily understood pricing and ticketing structure.
"The ticket structure will be $250 for the first offense, $500 for the next, $1,000 for the one after that," he said.
Klopp returned to work on Monday to prepare for tomorrow's FA Cup fourth-round replay at West Ham United, while club officials and the owners Fenway Sports Group continued discussions over the fall-out to last week's ticket structure announcement.
Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool's under-fire owners, held talks over their controversial ticket structure with the club's senior management on Sunday, raising the possibility of a review into the price increases that ignited protests during the draw with Sunderland 24 hours earlier.
The problem with our rail network isn't the rolling stock, ticket pricing structures or track.
I would personally take part in any mass action I thought would help highlight the unfairness and unsustainability of Premier League ticket pricing structures and demonstrate that match-going supporters have had enough.
Liverpool's new ticket price structure has attracted fierce criticism since it was announced some seats in the redeveloped Main Stand will cost £77 next season.
