Railways: Overcrowding

(asked on 11th July 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

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 by
Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 14th 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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