Railways: Veterans

(asked on 12th June 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered the potential merits of reducing the price of a veterans’ railcard to that of an armed forces railcard.


Answered by
Simon Lightwood Portrait
Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 18th June 2025

There are no current plans to reduce the price of the Veterans’ Railcard. Any long-term changes or concessions made to rail fares policy will require balancing against the potential impacts on passengers, taxpayers and the railway.

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