Issue 11: 5% Season Ticket Discount


The following answer was published in Issue 11 (Jul/Aug 2005) of e-motion magazine.

Question

Will I lose my 5% Season Ticket discount now that the timetable has been rewritten to allow longer journey times?

Answer

No. The Season Ticket discount arrangement is linked to the average performance of the train service for the 12 months before you renew your ticket, compared with the published targets for punctuality and reliability. You will still be entitled to your discount if we don’t achieve our punctuality and reliability targets over the previous 12-month period. The new timetable, combined with our focus on train performance, has improved punctuality considerably since December 2004. However, we will continue to offer the 5% discount until we deliver improvements over a longer period of time, up to the point where we achieve or do better than the minimum performance targets.

Andy Wakeford, Head of Commercial Services