Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 100395

Rolling Stock: South West

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Jerome Mayhew

ConservativeBroadland and Fakenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the withdrawal of the Class 43 HST trains from services in the South West does not result in severe disruption and cancellations.

Answer

Keir Mather
The remaining High Speed Train (HST) fleet, including Class 43 power cars, were withdrawn at the end of the Summer 2025 timetable and have been replaced with existing fleet, including the recently introduced Class 175s, the first of which entered passenge...

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