Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 53824

London North Eastern Railway

Tabled: 21 May 2025
Answered: 4 June 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK — Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department had discussions with LNER on the (i) commissioning and (ii) publication of the report entitled “Impact of Open Access Operations on LNER – at stations with di

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Train operators are not required to seek the Department for Transport’s approval for business-as-usual research funded within their approved budgets.