Question follow-through · 105028

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2026 to Question 103034 on Railways: Tickets, if she will make an assessment of the impact of cancelling evening out return fares between Dorking and London on commuters.

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Department for Transport
Tabled
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
14 Jan 2026
Answer
20 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2026 to Question 103034 on Railways: Tickets, if she will make an assessment of the impact of cancelling evening out return fares between Dorking and London on commuters.

  2. 14 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    For stations in Dorking and Horley, we have simplified the complicated web of tickets by having one Peak and one Off-Peak price, with some fares changing and others being removed as part of improvements to ticketing via pay as you go with contactless expa...

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