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