Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 119453

East West Rail Line

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Jerome Mayhew

ConservativeBroadland and Fakenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate the Department for Transport has made of the lease costs written off by East West Rail following delays to testing of the route.

Answer

Keir Mather
The Department for Transport is not proposing to write-off any contracted lease costs following delays to testing of the route. Driver training, testing, and rolling stock modifications are continuing in preparation for entry into service. The Department ...

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