Question follow-through · 4861

West Coast Main Line: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) signalling safety, (b) service reliability and (c) maintenance on the West Coast Mainline.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
11 Sept 2024
Answer
17 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) signalling safety, (b) service reliability and (c) maintenance on the West Coast Mainline.

  2. 11 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The Government is clear that performance on the West Coast Main Line has not been good enough with too many cancellations and delays.Ministers recently met with the Managing Director of Avanti West Coast and the Network Rail West Coast South Route Directo...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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