Question follow-through · 20125
Railways: Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many scheduled trains with destinations in Cornwall were cancelled due to lack of crew in the last 12 months.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 13 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 20 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many scheduled trains with destinations in Cornwall were cancelled due to lack of crew in the last 12 months.
17 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Department does not hold cancellation data at this level of detail. However, we acknowledge that performance is not where it needs to be on Great Western Railway or Cross-Country services. This is due to a range of issues including infrastructure and ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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