{"id":31178,"date":"2024-04-26T03:36:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=31178"},"modified":"2024-04-26T03:36:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:36:44","slug":"comment-virgin-trains-ticketing-director-mark-plowright-reacts-to-labours-policy-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=31178","title":{"rendered":"COMMENT: Virgin Trains Ticketing Director, Mark Plowright, reacts to Labour\u2019s policy announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read Labour\u2019s policy here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mark Plowright, Director at Virgin Trains Ticketing,<\/a> commented: \u201cIt\u2019s encouraging to see Labour recognising the role the private sector has to play in selling train ticketing and helping passengers to get the best deal on their travel. Rail retail is a key part of the puzzle when it comes to rail reform. However, to really deliver on fares simplification, we need to address the outdated rules and regulations that limit how independent retailers, like Virgin Trains Ticketing, operate \u2013 doing this will ensure retailers can offer passengers services like Delay Repay and features like tap in and out contactless payment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe agree with the Shadow Transport Secretary that it\u2019s crucial the rail industry is not \u2018inward looking\u2019 and that\u2019s where retailers like Virgin Trains Ticketing can bring huge value to the sector by investing in innovation and growth and stimulating the competition needed to drive the best deal for passengers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Read Labour\u2019s policy here. Mark Plowright, Director at Virgin Trains Ticketing, commented: \u201cIt\u2019s encouraging to see Labour recognising the role the private sector has to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":31179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,47,488],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-opinion","category-rail-news","category-railway-stations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}