Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 3569

Great Western Railway: Overcrowding

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal DemocratTiverton and Minehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the levels of overcrowding on Great Western Railway trains from Tiverton Parkway; and whether she plans to take steps to reduce overcrowding on those trains.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Officials continually monitor the performance of Great Western Railway services, including instances of overcrowding, and actively hold operators to account through their contracts when they run less capacity than agreed. The Rail Minister additionally me...

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