Question follow-through · 8970

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average percentage of scheduled train miles operated was for each railway franchise in each of the last ten years.

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Department for Transport
Tabled
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
16 Oct 2024
Answer
22 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average percentage of scheduled train miles operated was for each railway franchise in each of the last ten years.

  2. 16 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Statistics on the number of train services run are published by the ORR - https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/performance/passenger-rail-performance/. Table 3123 – ‘Trains planned and cancellations by operator and cause’ shows the average percentage ...

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