Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 93640

Rolling Stock: Procurement

Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025

Question

Dan Norris

IndependentNorth East Somerset and Hanham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish a strategy for new rolling stock to be procured by passenger train operators contracted by her Department.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Government has begun work to develop a long-term rolling stock and infrastructure strategy, the first for more than three decades and we expect to publish it next year. The strategy will place the needs of passengers at its heart and will pursue moder...

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