Question follow-through · 105151

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what evidential basis her Department has concluded that the majority of passengers benefit from the long-distance simplified ticketing trials.

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 12 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 15 Jan 2026
Answer: 15 Jan 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what evidential basis her Department has concluded that the majority of passengers benefit from the long-distance simplified ticketing trials.
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Department has commissioned independent evaluation on the trial, this research has not yet concluded. The current evidence is provided by LNER and is available at https://assets.ctfassets.net/mxack5k9p2sw/6k2Evw4OmGsvywKgBg9U9j/e63a4ca09d2c4e01fada29f...

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