Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 8292

Railways: Private Prosecutions

Tabled: 9 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Deirdre Costigan

LabourEaling Southall

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will issue guidance to train operating companies on the use of private prosecutions for contraventions of conditions of carriage.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
We expect operators to ensure their policy on ticketing is clear and fair for passengers at all times and have instructed an urgent review of the cases in question, with a view to resolving them.Ticketing has become far too complicated, which is why we pl...

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