Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 16554

Railways: Timetables

Tabled: 27 November 2024
Answered: 4 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Paula Barker

LabourLiverpool Wavertree

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of short notice changes to the timetable on the rail network.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The department is aware that short notice changes have been occurring due to factors such as incidences of infrastructure issues and traincrew shortages – with a shortage of traincrew causing a high proportion of these short notice changes. The department...

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