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Railways: Passengers

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 101853

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Railways Bill will include a statutory target for passenger growth.

Answered by Keir Mather

The Railways Bill was published on 5 November and will be debated at Committee stage later this month. GBR, as a passenger operator, will be incentivised to grow passenger numbers and will have a number of legal duties to support this. This includes duties to promote the interests of users, and potential users, and to maintain high standards of rail performance.

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