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Train operators are transferring all revenue and cost risks to the Government due to the coronavirus pandemic – and anyone holding an advance train ticket will be able to get a refund free of charge.
Rail franchise agreements – where the operation of train journeys are contracted out to private companies – are to be suspended to avoid train firms collapsing as people travel less due to the virus.
The emergency measures will last for six months, initially starting from today – and there will be a reduced service.
Advance tickets will now be refundable without any admin fee. Usually, you can't get a refund but can change the time and/or date of travel with a £10 admin fee. Firms agreed to waive this fee last week, but the new measures go further.
Season tickets are now partly refundable with no admin fee. If you have at least three days left on a seven-day ticket, or at least seven days on a monthly or longer season ticket, you can get a refund for the unused portion of the ticket without an admin fee of £10. Some rail firms had already waived this fee as of last week.
Off-peak and anytime tickets are fully refundable without the usual £10 admin fee. All firms agreed to waive this last week, so there's no change there.
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/n...-be-refundable-as-government-offers-to-tempo/
Rail franchise agreements – where the operation of train journeys are contracted out to private companies – are to be suspended to avoid train firms collapsing as people travel less due to the virus.
The emergency measures will last for six months, initially starting from today – and there will be a reduced service.
Advance tickets will now be refundable without any admin fee. Usually, you can't get a refund but can change the time and/or date of travel with a £10 admin fee. Firms agreed to waive this fee last week, but the new measures go further.
Season tickets are now partly refundable with no admin fee. If you have at least three days left on a seven-day ticket, or at least seven days on a monthly or longer season ticket, you can get a refund for the unused portion of the ticket without an admin fee of £10. Some rail firms had already waived this fee as of last week.
Off-peak and anytime tickets are fully refundable without the usual £10 admin fee. All firms agreed to waive this last week, so there's no change there.
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/n...-be-refundable-as-government-offers-to-tempo/
