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Written question asked by Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 17 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 April 2025. It was answered by Simon Lightwood (Labour) on Monday, 28 April 2025 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


London Northwestern Railway and Thameslink line: Concessions

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to enable railcard holders to use their discounts with contactless payments on (a) London Northwestern Railway and (b) Govia Thameslink Railway services.

Answer

Whilst currently you are not able to link railcards to contactless bankcards, we are working with Transport for London on the functionality to use Railcard discounts with Pay As You Go (PAYG) with contactless, and this will follow in due course.  Passengers will continue to be able to use Railcard discounts on the equivalent barcode, smartcard, and magstripe fares which are price equivalent in many cases to the PAYG price.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
46363
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Concessions London Northwestern Railway Thameslink line Contactless payments
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk