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Railways: Overcrowding

Question for Department for Transport

UIN 33892, tabled on 11 July 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on whether standard class passengers on services operated under passenger service contacts should be permitted to sit in first class on overcrowded services.

Answered on

14 July 2022

In order to ensure that train capacity is appropriately managed all train operating companies have the option to declassify first class and allow standard class passengers to sit in first class accommodation.

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