Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 17564
West Coast Main Line: Temperature
Tabled: 9 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026
Question
Dr Zubir Ahmed
Labour — Glasgow South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the resilience of rail infrastructure on the West Coast Main Line to the effects of climate change, including track buckling and overhead line sagging caused by ex
Answer
Simon LightwoodNetwork Rail is investing £2.6 billion in activities and technology that will help it better cope with extreme weather and climate change between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2029. Network Rail published its regional weather resilience and climate change ada...
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