Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 10110

Train Operating Companies: Contracts

Tabled: 21 October 2024
Answered: 29 October 2024

Question

Helen Whately

ConservativeFaversham and Mid Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6166 on East Anglia Rail Franchise, what are the contractual conditions for termination of rail operator contracts.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The events under which an operator would default on its National Rail Contract with the Secretary of State, and events under which termination of the contract would be applicable, are set out in the National Rail Contracts, in particular in Chapter 9.4.1....

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