Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 77153

Railways: Standards

Tabled: 15 September 2025

Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of rail workers' (a) contracts and (b) rosters on the level of subsidy for running (i) lightly-used and (ii) empty rail services.

Answer

Keir Mather

Rail workers' contracts and rosters are a matter for train operating companies, and while inevitably for operational reasons some services will have low loadings, we expect all operators to regularly review their timetabled services to ensure they are bot...

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