Question follow-through · 14850
South Western Railway: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to change the level of train fares on South Western Railways when it is taken into public ownership.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 21 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to change the level of train fares on South Western Railways when it is taken into public ownership.
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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21 Nov 2024
Answer published
Whilst it is our ambition through public ownership to deliver a more affordable railway, any long-term changes or concessions made to rail fares policy require balancing against the potential impacts on passengers, taxpayers and the railway. Through futur...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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