Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 93284

Railways: North East

Tabled: 20 November 2025
Answered: 27 November 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has been made of the reliability of regional rail services serving the North East.

Answer

Keir Mather
Rail North Partnership, through which the Department and Transport for the North jointly manage Northern Trains’ and TransPennine Express’ contracts, works closely with these operators, as the Department does with intercity operators, and Mayor McGuiness ...

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