Railways: Season Tickets
Commons · Question 6529 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of enabling rail users to buy a discounted season ticket using a (a) young person's and (b) 26 to 30 railcard.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 14 Oct 2024
Affordability of rail travel is one of our key objectives. However, any concessions made to rail fares policy must balance benefits for certain groups against the impacts on taxpayers. Season tickets already provide a discount compared to single, return a...