Railways: Fares
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information he holds on which top 10 journeys had the largest ticket price in (a) cash terms and (b) percentage terms in each train operating company in 2026.
Answered by Keir Mather
The Department does not centrally hold information identifying the ten rail journeys with the highest ticket prices, either in cash or percentage terms, for each train operating company in 2026. While detailed rail fares data exist within industry systems, the Department does not routinely compile ranked information of this nature, and doing so would require bespoke analysis. The highest-priced fares are typically season tickets, reflecting their longer-term validity, which further affects comparability across different ticket types.
The Office of Rail and Road publishes aggregate statistics on rail fares, which are available publicly at https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/finance/rail-fares/.
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