Question follow-through · 34645

Railways: Edinburgh and Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason her Department has chosen to decline to support more open access services along the Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley via Newcastle route.

answeredChristine JardineDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 4 Mar 2025
Answer: 6 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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28 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason her Department has chosen to decline to support more open access services along the Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley via Newcastle route.
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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6 Mar 2025
Answer published
As detailed in the 4 February response to the Office of Rail and Road, the Department did not support Lumo’s applications to operate additional Open Access services between London Kings Cross and Newcastle, and to extend existing Newcastle/Edinburgh servi...

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