Question follow-through · 88030
Railways: Educational Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to introduce a discounted ticketing scheme for schools who want to take the train for school trips.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 14 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to introduce a discounted ticketing scheme for schools who want to take the train for school trips.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Nov 2025
Answer published
All Department for Transport contracted operators offer some form of group discount, with some offering substantial savings for groups of 10 or more people. Additionally, many train operators participate in the GroupSave offer, for groups of three to nine...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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