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Railways: Access

Asked by Rebecca Long BaileyLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 8 December 2025UIN 95655

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the sanction of a Withdrawal of Implied Permission notice by one Train Operating Company is confined to the services of the train operating company applying that sanction.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

Individuals who have been issued with a full Withdrawal of Implied Permission (WIP) will be banned from accessing the station the WIP was issued from and will be prohibited from using any train of that particular train operating company that passes through the same station.

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