Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 16850
Railways: Animals
Tabled: 8 July 2026
Answered: 4 August 2026
Question
Derek Twigg
Labour — Widnes and Halewood
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train delays have there been each year since 2020 caused by trains hitting animals on the track.
Answer
Keir Mather The Department does not hold a centrally published series showing the number of train delays that were caused specifically by trains striking non-human animals on the railway. Operational incident and delay attribution data are recorded and managed by Ne...
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