Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 897

Durham Coast Line: Overcrowding

Tabled: 22 July 2024
Answered: 25 July 2024
Named Day

Question

Grahame Morris

LabourEasington

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the impact of overcrowding on the Durham Coast Line during peak periods on the health and safety of passengers.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Rail North Partnership (RNP), through which the department jointly manages Northern Trains’ contract with Transport for the North, monitors operators’ planned train deployment to ensure this falls within the requirement on them to match capacity to demand...

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