Overview

• The Conservatives say they will table amendments to the Railways Bill to require operators to enforce byelaws and publish enforcement performance.
• Equivalent protections would be introduced for buses through changes to the Bus Services Bill, including on-the-spot fines and conditions applied to new partnerships and franchises.
• Railway byelaws already forbid music played to the annoyance of others with fines of up to £1,000, with enforcement currently carried out by British Transport Police or operators.
• The Department for Transport says current rules are robust and adds that mandatory staff training to handle incidents is being rolled out on the bus network.
• The Liberal Democrats previously urged £1,000 fines for so-called headphone dodgers, while Tory leader Kemi Badenoch questioned whether such high penalties would be workable or fair.