Question follow-through · 70236

Public Transport: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to extend smart ticketing.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Department for Transport
Tabled
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
3 Sept 2025 · 43 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to extend smart ticketing.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is delivering on its ambition to overhaul ticketing for passengers and get more people on the railway. We have committed to expanding Pay As You Go (PAYG) with contactless ticketing to further stations in the South East, with an additional ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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