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Written question asked by Louise Haigh (Labour) on Friday, 28 January 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 February 2022. It was answered by Wendy Morton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 February 2022 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Railways: Fares

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the average passenger fare per journey following the 3.8 per cent increase in rail fares in March 2022.

Answer

The Department takes guidance from the Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook on the effects of changes to fares on revenues. There are a number of factors which impact revenues including, most notably at the moment, the pandemic’s impact on passenger travel.

Whilst the change will affect each passenger slightly differently, the Department has a number of railcards in place that offer discounts against most rail fares. We have saved a generation of passengers at least a third off their fares through the 16-17 and 26-30 ‘millennial’ railcard and went even further in November 2020 by extending these savings to former servicemen and women through a new Veterans Railcard.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
113780
Session
2021-22
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Fares Increases Railways
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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