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Railways: Tickets

Asked by Josh BabarindeLiberal DemocratDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 19 November 2024UIN 13592

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps through Great British Railways, once the network is nationalised, to reduce the role of commission-charging railway ticketing websites.

Answered by Mike Kane

We have no plans to reduce the role of independent retailers once rail operators are brought into public ownership.

Independent retailers add significant value to the marketplace in driving innovation and the Government wants to see them continuing to do so in the future.

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