Written questions

Avanti West Coast: Ticket Offices

Commons · Question 44579 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 22 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Navendu Mishra

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department will make an assessment of the impact of (a) unfilled station staff vacancies and (b) use of fixed-term contracts at Avanti West Coast-managed railway stations on (i) trends in the length

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 22 Apr 2025

The Department expects all train operating companies to use reasonable endeavours to meet their obligations for regulated staffed ticket office opening hours under Schedule 17 of the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement. As such, we regularly review ticket ...