Question follow-through · 5459
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to address differences in ticket prices between regulated and un-regulated rail lines.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 10 Oct 2024 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to address differences in ticket prices between regulated and un-regulated rail lines.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Oct 2024
Answer published
Under the current system, each train operating company offers a range of fares, some of which are regulated by Government. Train operating companies have flexibility in how they set the prices of unregulated fares; however, in practice, many closely follo...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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