Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 127542

Train Operating Companies: Standards

Tabled: 15 April 2026

Answered: 22 April 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's priority objectives for train operators are to improve performance and reduce financial subsidy. It does not routinely publish specific instructions made to operators. We have asked train operators to reflect how they will deliver these p...

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