CrossCountry Rail Franchise

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at on 10 January 2019.

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Photo of Kevin Foster Kevin Foster Conservative, Torbay

As the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard) outlined, there are constant issues with CrossCountry services west of Exeter due to their lack of resilience on the Dawlish coastal stretch. Can the Minister outline to me, and reassure me, that both the future rolling stock requirements and the work that we are doing to improve the resilience of this iconic coastal line will make a difference?