Question follow-through · 94109
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of intercity fares are in the unregulated category; and what the average percentage increase was in those fares over the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 24 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of intercity fares are in the unregulated category; and what the average percentage increase was in those fares over the last five years.
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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2 Dec 2025
Answer published
The ORR publish annual statistics measuring the change in prices charged by train operating companies to rail passengers, normally introduced in March of each year. According to ORR data regulated fares make up around 30 per cent of rail expenditure. On i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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