Question follow-through · 93856

Railways: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to mitigate the impact of increases in rail fares on residents in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 24 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 26 Nov 2025
Answer: 1 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

24 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to mitigate the impact of increases in rail fares on residents in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Dec 2025
Answer published
We have announced that regulated rail fares will be frozen, for a year from March 2026, for the first time in 30 years putting money back in the pockets of hardworking people. Passengers will benefit from savings on over a billion journeys with season tic...

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