Protecting rail passengers

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Improving the passenger experience in areas such as compensation, retailing of train tickets and passenger accessibility.

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Know your rail rights

Learn about our work to empower rail passengers.

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Annual rail consumer report

Focusing on the performance of train companies and Network Rail in the consumer areas we regulate.

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Passenger assistance

We approve train operator policies for disabled passengers, promote accessibility and aim to eliminate discrimination.

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Passenger information

We ensure train companies provide accurate and timely information, particularly during disruption. We also investigate timetabling issues.

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Complaints & compensation

Our role is to set complaint handling procedures and monitor train and station operators against these.

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Tickets & fares

Details of our research on ticket machine use. We are not the regulator for fares and have no role in relation to penalty fares.

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Consumer law investigation and enforcement powers

The main consumer-facing conditions which we monitor and enforce are set out in this section.

Video: How we protect rail passengers

Learn more about the work we do to improve rail passengers' experience.