Train companies are set to amend their terms in order to stop misleading customers about their compensation rights when they lose money following delays or cancellations, after Which? revealed they were potentially breaking the law. The Office for Road and Rail (ORR) worked with the rail industry to change train operators’ terms and conditions to […]
Alex Hayman, Which? Managing Director of Public Markets, said: “Thousands of people have told us about their miserable train journeys, so it’s no surprise to see satisfaction is down overall and chronically poor on value for money and handling of delays. “Our research has shown that seven million journeys were significantly delayed last year and satisfaction […]
Passengers lost at least 3,594,264 hours to significantly delayed journeys last year according to research from Which? With rail fares due to rise by an average of 3.4% from 2 January, the consumer champion found that across all train companies under franchise, significant delays of at least 30 minutes affected 7,188,529 passenger journeys last year. […]
Vickie Sheriff, Director of Campaigns and Communications at Which?, said: “The current ticketing system is a mess with passengers finding it far too difficult to find the best ticket for their journeys. “It’s unacceptable that people are paying over the odds and train companies need to refund passengers who’ve paid more than they should. Train […]
Measures to improve ticketing information for passengers and make it easier for people to choose the best value fare for their journey were agreed today at a forum co-hosted by Rail Minister Paul Maynard and Which? The Department for Transport, Which?, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), and Transport Focus, have come together to develop this […]
Vickie Sheriff, Which? Director of Campaigns and Communications, said: “It is only right that beleaguered Southern commuters are being offered improved compensation after months of travel misery. With no end in sight for the extreme disruptions passengers are experiencing, much more needs to be done to ensure all passengers receive compensation for overcrowded trains and poor service. Where […]
Vickie Sheriff, Director of Campaigns and Communications at Which?, said: “Following the summer of discontent for rail passengers, where we saw trust in the railways nose dive, the Transport Select Committee is right to be pressing for significant improvements by the rail industry to put passengers first. “While there have been encouraging signs of progress […]
Alex Neill, Which? Director of Policy and Campaigns, said: “It’s little wonder that trust in train companies is falling when passengers face cancellations, delays and disruption yet see fares continue to rise. The Government must hold the industry to account by introducing a new mandatory ombudsman to ensure passenger complaints are properly heard, and introduce […]
“Journeys may be increasing but passengers say that rail travel offers little more value for money than it did a decade ago. Train companies must do much more to tackle delays and poor service and the Government should be bringing forward new passenger rights as soon as possible.” Notes to Editors: Rail passengers were due to get further rights […]
Which? executive director, Richard Lloyd, said: “It is a scandal that millions of passengers are delayed and aren’t getting the compensation they’re owed. We made a super-complaint to the rail regulator and they agreed that train companies need to swiftly change their approach and make rail refunds easier.”