Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 98733

Railways: Weather

Tabled: 10 December 2025

Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Dan Norris

Independent — North East Somerset and Hanham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the resilience of rail networks during periods of extreme winter weather.

Answer

Keir Mather

Department officials hold regular discussions with Network Rail and the industry to ensure severe weather preparedness plans are in place with clear mitigations to reduce the impacts of weather on the rail network. The industry’s winter preparedness regim...

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