Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 105285

Railways: Tickets

Tabled: 13 January 2026

Answered: 19 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her oral contribution of 8 January 2026, Official Report, column 420, on what evidential basis she said that the majority of single tickets under the extension of contactless ticketing will be

Answer

Keir Mather

As part of our fares simplification to expand Pay As You Go (PAYG) with Contactless ticketing, we introduced single leg pricing. The Department worked with the rail industry to ensure that as much as possible, single fares will cost roughly half the price...

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