Rail Minister to give evidence to Lords inquiry on fare reforms
Tuesday 14 September 2021
On Wednesday 15 September 2021, the House of Lords Built Environment Committee will continue to take evidence on its rail fare reforms inquiry.
At 3pm the committee will hear from:
- Chris Heaton-Harris MP, Minister of State at the Department for Transport.
At 4pm the committee will hear from:
- Keith Williams, Chair of the Williams Rail Review.
These evidence sessions will be held remotely and streamed on Parliament TV.
Topics the committee may cover include:
- How to encourage people back onto the railways and increase income from non-commuter travellers.
- How rail fares will be simplified.
- Progress made in switching to using CPI, rather than RPI, for fare increases.
- Progress made in delivering contactless payment options across UK railways.
- How competition through third party retailers will continue once Great British Rail replaces operator websites with one central website.
- Adoption of single-leg ticketing.
The committee’s work can be followed on its website and via Twitter.
More on this inquiry
On Tuesday 7 September, the committee took evidence from Anthony Smith, Chief Executive Officer at Transport Focus, Ian Chaplin, Senior Adviser at Omio, and Shashi Verma, Director of Strategy and Chief Technology Officer at Transport for London. You can watch the session back on Parliament TV.
