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Note: Full name is Independent Revenue Collection and Support.
Transport Focus conducts extensive rail passenger satisfaction surveys.
Note: Full name is Independent Revenue Collection and Support.
Transport Focus assists passengers in resolving complaints with train companies through an appeals process.
Transport Focus handled 13 complaint appeals in 2015 about IRCAS.
Using this graph you can explore the appeals to IRCAS.
We label each complaint appeal based on what it is about. Each can have more than one reason and therefore the number of reasons will normally be more than the number of appeals. We have more reasons available for analysis in complaints data explorer.
The category “Penalty fares/unpaid fares notice/prosecution”, used as the main reason for a complaint, only appears from April 2012 as prior to this it was recorded within “Fares, retailing and refunds”.
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty fares/unpaid fares notice/prosecution | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| Fares, retailing and refunds | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Staff conduct and availability | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Accessibility | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Complaints handling | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Complaint appeals relating to: |
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|---|---|---|
| Penalty fares/unpaid fares notice/prosecution | 11 | This is up 38% on the previous year |
| Fares, retailing and refunds | 1 | This is up 100% on the previous year |
| Staff conduct and availability | 1 | This is up 100% on the previous year |
| Accessibility | 0 | This is the same as the previous year |
| Complaints handling | 0 | This is down 100% on the previous year |