Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 65116

West Coast Main Line: Standards

Tabled: 4 July 2025
Answered: 9 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve the reliability of train operators on the West Coast Mainline.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
We are starting to see train performance stabilise, following a decade of decline. We are working with the rail industry on a Performance Restoration Framework, with five clear areas of focus to recover performance to acceptable levels, including timetabl...

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