Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 104862

Train Operating Companies

Tabled: 12 January 2026

Answered: 15 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) Notices to Improve and (b) written instructions her Department issued to train operating companies for which the Department is the operator in relation to (i) service performance and (ii) financial

Answer

Keir Mather

The Department has not issued any Notices to Improve on any of the DfT Operator train operating companies in December 2025 because none have been in breach of their formal contractual terms. The DfT regularly engages with all operators on service performa...

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