Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 78691

Railways: Concessions

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to use discounted ticketing initiatives to (a) increase passenger utilisation on lightly used services and (b) reduce the volume of trains operating with significant spare capacity

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Great British Railways (GBR) will be empowered to deliver industry-wide modernisation and reform of the complex and fragmented fares landscape inherited from privatisation. This will enable GBR to simplify the ticketing system and make it easy for passeng...
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