Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 64692

Railways: Standards

Tabled: 2 July 2025
Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

Katie White

LabourLeeds North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve rail (a) reliability and (b) performance to ensure people are able to access (i) work and (ii) educational opportunities.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
We are starting to see train performance stabilise, following a decade of decline. We are working with the rail industry on a Performance Restoration Framework, with five clear areas of focus to recover performance to acceptable levels, including timetabl...

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