Question follow-through · 1419
Railways: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to increase rail capacity in the East of England.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 23 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 31 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to increase rail capacity in the East of England.
25 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Jul 2024
Answer published
Greater Anglia are in the final stages of the £1.4 billion fleet transformation programme with all services now operated by new trains which provide many more seats and greater capacity for customers across the region. In addition, the Government is fundi...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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