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Commons · Question 90889 · Tabled 13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 18 Nov 2025

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Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Cutting-edge rail ticket technology to be trialled across the Midlands and North, published on 1 September 2025, for what reason nationalised all rail s

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Answered by Keir Mather, 18 Nov 2025

Trial locations were primarily selected based on them not having existing or planned Pay as You Go schemes, there being a significant commuter demographic, and where existing fares structures supported trial delivery. As a result, the lead operators are E...

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