A Bill to make provision for passengers to receive automatic compensation from travel operators in certain circumstances; to require train operators to ring-fence certain funds received from Network Rail for service disruption and planned possessions for the development of ticketing technology to facilitate the payment of automatic compensation for passengers; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
17 September 2019
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The bill would give passengers automatic compensation from travel operators in specified disruption situations, rather than requiring them to submit individual claims. It also requires train operators to ring-fence funds they receive from Network Rail to cover disruption costs and planned possessions, to support developing ticketing technology that would enable automatic compensation, and for related purposes. The measure is currently at the Second Reading in the House of Commons.
The bill is at the Second Reading stage in the House of Commons. It originated in the Commons with a First Reading in November 2017.
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