Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 127545

East West Rail Line

Tabled: 15 April 2026

Answered: 20 April 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 122594, on what basis her Department determined that the delayed appointment of Chiltern Railways as operator for East West Rail Services was caused by the Ge

Answer

Keir Mather

The appointment of the operator for the first phase of EWR services was paused during the General Election campaign in July 2024. This Government then appointed Chiltern Railways as the operator in March 2025. The department has not commissioned an indepe...

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