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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Railways: Money (30 August 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require train operating companies to accept cash payments for onboard catering purchases.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Answer

Catering services are a commercial matter for each train operating company. Train operators are responsible for considering the equality impacts of operational changes such as to catering payment methods, and are expected by the Department for Transport to take local needs into account.


Answered by:
Simon Lightwood (Labour)
9 September 2024

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