Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 27662

Railway Stations: Lifts

Tabled: 30 January 2025
Answered: 6 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Rupa Huq

LabourEaling Central and Acton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of spending on railway station lift maintenance in (a) 2014 and (b) 2024.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Network Rail reported that in 2013/14 it spent £4.2 million maintaining 1127 lift assets, compared to £8.3 million in 2023/24 to maintain 1516 lift assets.