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Huw Merriman: Through its timetable development process, Northern seeks to provide a robust and resilient service to customers that aims to reduce cancellations as much as possible. The Department’s Rail North Partnership with Transport for the North continues to have regular discussions with Northern to manage the provision of services and work to reduce cancellations in the face of broad disruption...
Huw Merriman: The Department has not made an estimate of the number of train tickets sold for cancelled trains. If a train is cancelled passengers can get a full refund, including for Advance tickets, if they decide not to travel, and passengers are able to use their train ticket on the next available train operated by that train operating company (TOC). During times of disruption operators often allow...
Huw Merriman: Approximately 60 per cent of British mainline station platforms currently have tactile surfaces. We remain fully committed to fitting tactile paving at all remaining mainline stations and have funded Network Rail to install tactile paving at all GB stations by 2025.
Huw Merriman: The annual expenditures of these 22 major projects for 2021-22 were published on 20 July 2022 with the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) Annual Report 2021-2022. This data can be found in the accompanying ‘GMPP Government Major Projects Portfolio AR Data March 2022’ document as ‘Financial Year Forecast (£m) (including Non-Government Costs)'. As set out in PQ 68561 it is not...
Huw Merriman: In line with normal project development, detailed timetabling work for the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) will be conducted later. Once developed, an updated East Coast Main Line (ECML) timetable specification would be expected to be subject to public consultation. As set out in the published Mott Macdonald report upon which the IRP ECML journey times are based, the fastest journey times between...
Huw Merriman: Within the 217km, trains would need to accelerate up to 140mph and decelerate back down to 125mph. The distance this would take depends upon the performance specification of the rolling stock.
Huw Merriman: Effective operation of the West Coast Main Line requires Network Rail, as the infrastructure manager, and the train operating companies including West Midlands Trains, Avanti West Coast, and TransPennine Express to work collaboratively. Where train operating companies, including Avanti West Coast, perform poorly, the Department will continue to hold them to account for the things within their...
Huw Merriman: The Department has not provided any funding specifically for this purpose.
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...Lord Craig Mackinlay Rachel Maclean Alan Mak Kit Malthouse Anthony Mangnall Scott Mann Julie Marson Theresa May Jerome Mayhew Paul Maynard Jason McCartney Karl McCartney Esther McVey Johnny Mercer Huw Merriman Stephen Metcalfe Robin Millar Amanda Milling Nigel Mills Gagan Mohindra Damien Moore Robbie Moore Penny Mordaunt Anne Marie Morris James Morris Joy Morrissey Kieran Mullan Holly...
...Jonathan Lord Craig Mackinlay Rachel Maclean Alan Mak Kit Malthouse Anthony Mangnall Scott Mann Julie Marson Theresa May Jerome Mayhew Paul Maynard Jason McCartney Karl McCartney Johnny Mercer Huw Merriman Stephen Metcalfe Robin Millar Amanda Milling Nigel Mills Gagan Mohindra Damien Moore Robbie Moore Penny Mordaunt Anne Marie Morris James Morris Joy Morrissey Kieran Mullan Holly...
...Jonathan Lord Craig Mackinlay Rachel Maclean Alan Mak Kit Malthouse Anthony Mangnall Scott Mann Julie Marson Theresa May Jerome Mayhew Paul Maynard Jason McCartney Karl McCartney Johnny Mercer Huw Merriman Stephen Metcalfe Robin Millar Amanda Milling Nigel Mills Gagan Mohindra Damien Moore Robbie Moore Penny Mordaunt Anne Marie Morris James Morris Joy Morrissey Kieran Mullan Holly...
...Jonathan Lord Craig Mackinlay Rachel Maclean Alan Mak Kit Malthouse Anthony Mangnall Scott Mann Julie Marson Theresa May Jerome Mayhew Paul Maynard Jason McCartney Karl McCartney Johnny Mercer Huw Merriman Stephen Metcalfe Robin Millar Amanda Milling Nigel Mills Gagan Mohindra Damien Moore Robbie Moore Penny Mordaunt Anne Marie Morris James Morris Joy Morrissey Kieran Mullan Holly...
...Lord Craig Mackinlay Rachel Maclean Alan Mak Kit Malthouse Anthony Mangnall Scott Mann Julie Marson Theresa May Jerome Mayhew Paul Maynard Jason McCartney Karl McCartney Esther McVey Johnny Mercer Huw Merriman Stephen Metcalfe Robin Millar Amanda Milling Nigel Mills Gagan Mohindra Damien Moore Robbie Moore Penny Mordaunt Anne Marie Morris James Morris Joy Morrissey Kieran Mullan Holly...
...Jonathan Lord Craig Mackinlay Rachel Maclean Alan Mak Kit Malthouse Anthony Mangnall Scott Mann Julie Marson Theresa May Jerome Mayhew Paul Maynard Karl McCartney Esther McVey Johnny Mercer Huw Merriman Stephen Metcalfe Robin Millar Amanda Milling Nigel Mills Gagan Mohindra Damien Moore Robbie Moore Penny Mordaunt Anne Marie Morris James Morris Joy Morrissey Kieran Mullan Holly Mumby-Croft...
Huw Merriman: Station risks including the control of pigeons and other wildlife at stations are a matter for the Train Operating Company or Network Rail where they manage the station. Responsible parties are expected to invest in humane deterrents to discourage birds from perching, roosting and nesting in station facilities which may involve rubbish removal, placing netting or providing artificial nesting...
Huw Merriman: The Secretary of State's High-level Output Specification and Statement of Funds Available for Control Period 7 were published in December 2022. These documents set Network Rail’s high-level operations, maintenance and renewals objectives and funding envelope in England and Wales. Enhancements are excluded as these are planned and funded separately. The precise allocation of funding between...
Huw Merriman: No compensation has been paid by the Department to train operators to cover lost revenue due to strike action. Under the terms of the operator agreements put in place since the onset of COVID, the Government is on revenue risk not operators and hence operators are not financially affected by any fluctuations in revenue.
Huw Merriman: The Department received a draft copy of the Southeastern's Equality Impact Assessment on the 23 November 2022.
Rishi Sunak: ...the current service is simply not acceptable. Rail North Partnership is working with the company on a service improvement plan, and my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Department for Transport, (Huw Merriman) is having weekly meetings with them. As my hon. Friend points out, the TransPennine Express contract expires in May, and while there are currently discussions about that new...