| Heading: |
Railways: Tickets |
| Question ID: |
1784137 |
| UIN: |
HL5711 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
513 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Beith
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Beith
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to allow rail tickets issued by one operator to be accepted by a different operator on the same route; and whether arrangements to achieve this will be introduced in time for the next East Coas |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-25 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answer text: |
We are committed to simplifying the over complicated fares and ticketing system. Under our plans to bring train operators into a publicly owned Great British Railways, we will be taking a fresh look at single operator fares, so that we can create a simple... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |