Question follow-through · 5552

London North Eastern Railway: Passengers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of seat utilisation of London and North Eastern Railway services before permitting Network Rail to issue a restricted capacity notice for the East Coast Main Line.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 12 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 7 Oct 2024
Answer: 11 Oct 2024 · 29 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of seat utilisation of London and North Eastern Railway services before permitting Network Rail to issue a restricted capacity notice for the East Coast Main Line.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Department regularly monitors levels of passenger demand on LNER services which help inform timetable planning decisions on the East Coast Mainline. Network capacity is a matter for Network Rail to assess according to their criteria.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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