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Railways: Fares

Commons · Question 36750 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason she agreed to the recent increase in train fares.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 17 Mar 2025

The recent 4.6 per cent increase to the cap on regulated rail fares, announced in last autumn's budget, supports the Government's long-term plan to achieve financial sustainability of the railway and is the lowest absolute increase in three years. Any lon...