Question follow-through · 29291
Railways: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of restoring the hourly electric train service between Crewe and Birmingham.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 14 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of restoring the hourly electric train service between Crewe and Birmingham.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Feb 2025
Answer published
The previous change in the December 2022 timetable was designed so West Midlands Trains could optimise the connections for passengers travelling to and from Stone and deliver high levels of operational performance. Officials continue to discuss possible w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Driving under Influence
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