Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 89630 on London North Eastern Railway: Fares, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the LNER demand-based pricing trial on ticket prices for LNER passengers from (a) London, (b) Newcastle and (c) Edinburgh.

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) have made their customer offer easier to understand by removing tickets with complicated validity rules and introducing a more straightforward Semi-Flexible ticket. Some passengers will benefit from getting flexible options at lower prices than before, and the most popular and the cheapest type of ticket, the Advance, remains available.

As of July 2025, LNER reported that for travel between 1 August and 12 December 2025 there were:

• 1.1 million new Semi-Flexible tickets priced at less than the Super Off-Peak fare.

• 1.8 million Standard Advance fares available and priced lower than the Super Off-Peak fare on trains where that fare was previously valid.

The results of this trial – including prices and revenue, will be carefully considered before taking any further decisions.