Department for Transport written question – answered on 18th March 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new pieces of rolling stock have been ordered by Train Operating Companies or their suppliers in each year between 1997 and 2019.
The number of new carriages ordered by Train Operating Companies in each complete year between 1997 and 2018 is:
Year | Carriages |
1997 | 458 |
1998 | 937 |
1999 | 550 |
2000 | 145 |
2001 | 1014 |
2002 | 1012 |
2003 | 329 |
2004 | 120 |
2005 | 180 |
2006 | 220 |
2007 | 303 |
2008 | 332 |
2009 | 120 |
2010 | 0 |
2011 | 130 |
2012 | 716 |
2013 | 1583 |
2014 | 1077 |
2015 | 582 |
2016 | 1875 |
2017 | 1431 |
2018 | 379 |
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