Transport written question – answered at on 3 February 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many newly commissioned (a) engines and (b) carriages lie unused in sidings within the south-eastern rail network, with particular reference to Kent and Sussex.
There are no trains that have been accepted for passenger service stabled in sidings unused. However there may be units that either have not yet been accepted into passenger service, or are in use for driver training, or are available for to cover for trains that are temporarily out of service maintenance or modifications.
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