Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 33224

Railways: Noise

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 4 March 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the powers of train conductors to tackle disruptive levels of noise on trains.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Train operating companies including their conductors can already use the Railway Byelaws to address disruptive levels of noise, and we have no plans to make changes to this currently. To ensure ease of travel and safety for everyone using the railway, the...
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