Question follow-through · 59500
Railways: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered the potential merits of reducing the price of a veterans’ railcard to that of an armed forces railcard.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered the potential merits of reducing the price of a veterans’ railcard to that of an armed forces railcard.
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
There are no current plans 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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