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Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve passenger rail performance.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
10 Oct 2024
Target answer date
15 Oct 2024
Answer
15 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve passenger rail performance.

  2. 15 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Improving railway performance and driving forward rail reform is the Department’s top priority. The Secretary of State and Rail Minister are meeting with Train Operating Companies and Network Rail to hold them to account in a joined-up manner across track...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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