Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 36750
Railways: Fares
Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 17 March 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason she agreed to the recent increase in train fares.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe recent 4.6 per cent increase to the cap on regulated rail fares, announced in last autumn's budget, supports the Government's long-term plan to achieve financial sustainability of the railway and is the lowest absolute increase in three years. Any lon...
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