Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 31542

Fares: Non-payment

Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 26 February 2025

Question

Bradley Thomas

ConservativeBromsgrove

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to prevent fare evasion on the cross-city line between North Worcestershire and Birmingham.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department supports DfT contracted train operators to reduce both fare evasion and fraud, but fare evasion is an operational matter and the responsibility of passenger train operators. West Midlands Trains (WMT), which operates the cross-city line, l...

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