Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 16446

Rolling Stock

Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026

Question

Wendy Morton

Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the principal causes of continued short-formed rail services; whether her Department has modelled rolling stock availability over the next five years; what assessment he

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department does not collect information on the principal causes of short-formed rail services and has not undertaken separate modelling of rolling stock availability. Train operators are responsible for service delivery and are best placed to identify...
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