| Heading: |
London Northwestern Railway and Thameslink line: Concessions |
| Question ID: |
1794939 |
| UIN: |
46363 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5201 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Victoria Collins
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| Asking Member handle: |
TweetingCollins
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@TweetingCollins
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to enable railcard holders to use their discounts with contactless payments on (a) London Northwestern Railway and (b) Govia Thameslink Railway services. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
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| Answer text: |
Whilst currently you are not able to link railcards to contactless bankcards, we are working with Transport for London on the functionality to use Railcard discounts with Pay As You Go (PAYG) with contactless, and this will follow in due course. Passenge... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |