Submitted on Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Rejected on Friday 4th September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Arrange for extensions to all railcards due to Covid 19
Arrange for extensions or partial refunds for all railcards due to travel restrictions during the Covid 19 pandemic to align Railcard with the measures introduced by train operators to refund ticket costs.
We have been asked to only travel on public transport if the journey is essential. As many people with railcards use these only for leisure purposes, these have gone unused since March and Railcard have refused to extend the validity of railcards or offer partial refunds for this period of time. Railcard have said that the cost of the railcard can be recouped in one journey however as many holidays have been cancelled this won’t be the case for many people.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about freezing or extending season tickets and railcards would be a decision for individual rail operators, not the UK Government or Parliament.
We have published a petition calling for the Government to fund full refunds for season tickets, which you may wish to sign instead:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312269
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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