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Take This Survey on Developing a Railcard for Musicians

Complete this brief survey to help campaign group Music Declares Emergency in their campaign to create a musician's railcard and encourage sustainable touring.

Published: 09 September 2020 | 12:00 AM Updated: 28 April 2021 | 4:31 PM
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Their intention is to encourage musicians to tour and travel to gigs by rail, once live music events start up again post-Covid.

Music Declares Emergency are researching the demand for and viability of a Musician’s Railcard to provide discounted travel on the UK rail network. Their intention is to encourage musicians to tour and travel to gigs by rail, once live music events start up again post-Covid.

Complete their brief survey to help them better understand the way that you currently travel, your transport needs, and what might potentially hold you back from rail travel.

Data gathered will be anonymised and collated before being shared with the appropriate agencies.

Please complete this survey to help them gather the necessary information.

Music Declares Emergency is a group of artists, music industry professionals and organisations that stand together to declare a climate an ecological emergency. You can find out more about their work to promote sustainability within the music industry, whilst developing awareness of the Climate Crisis, on their website.

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