Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 127219

East West Rail Line

Tabled: 14 April 2026

Answered: 20 April 2026

Named Day

Question

Shivani Raja

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 122594, when she expects trains for the first EWR services between Oxford and Milton Keynes to have been sufficiently fully tested for passenger services to c

Answer

Keir Mather

Chiltern subleases the trains that will be used on East West Rail from West Midlands Trains. The operator continues to work jointly with the train owner and the industry supply chain on the schedule for the final modifications which are expected to be del...

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