Question follow-through · 51938
Railways: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will reduce the cost of the Veterans Railcard.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 13 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 May 2025
- Answer
- 20 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will reduce the cost of the Veterans Railcard.
15 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 May 2025
Answer published
We are not planning to reduce the price of the Veterans’ Railcard. Any long-term changes or concessions made to rail fares policy will require balancing against the potential impacts on passengers, taxpayers and the railway.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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