Transport written question – answered at on 9 July 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the terms of South West Trains' franchise are on penalty fares; what assessment she has made of the company's compliance with its franchise on penalty fares; and if she will make a statement.
The Railways Act 1993 Section 130 is the basis for charging penalty fares on National Rail. The subsequent (Penalty Fares) Regulations 1994 allowed for by the 1993 Act in turn provided for the creation of Penalty Fares Rules. These Rules were last revised in 2002 and under them any operator wishing to charge penalty fares must submit a scheme for the approval of the Secretary of State. South West Trains currently have an approved penalty fares scheme.
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