HC Deb 23 April 1996 vol 276 c79W
Ms Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which train operating companies are and were paying season ticket discounts under the passengers charter(a) currently, (b) 12 months ago and (c) 24 months ago. [24546]

Mr. Watts

For the purposes of the passengers charter season ticket compensation scheme, train operating companies are split into 59 route groups. The following route groups are and were triggering season ticket discounts at the end of March:

(a) 52 weeks ending 29 March 1996

Punctuality and Reliability

Felixstowe

Punctuality only

  • Northampton Lines
  • Cross Country
  • West Coast
  • East Coast
  • Manchester Local
  • North Wales Branches
  • Avon

Reliability only

  • North London Orbital
  • North Wales Inter Urban
  • Cornwall

(b) 52 weeks ending 31 March 1995

Punctuality and Reliability

  • Avon
  • Manchester Locals

Punctuality only

  • Cross Country
  • North Wales Branches
  • ScotRail East
  • ScotRail Central

Reliability only

  • North London Lines
  • Lancashire Locals
  • Northern Short
  • Transpennine
  • Manchester Long
  • Cornwall
  • South Yorkshire and Humberside Long

(c) 52 weeks ending 2 April 1994

Punctuality only

  • Cross Country
  • Avon

Reliability only

  • Transpennine
  • South Yorks and Humberside Long
  • Manchester Long
  • Cornwall
  • Anglia
  • Merseyrail