Question follow-through · 36178

West Coast Main Line: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to communicate upcoming service cancellations on the West Coast Mainline to (a) passengers and (b) potential passengers.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 6 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 10 Mar 2025
Answer: 13 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to communicate upcoming service cancellations on the West Coast Mainline to (a) passengers and (b) potential passengers.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Mar 2025
Answer published
The department expects train operators and Network Rail to communicate service changes to passengers in a timely and accessible way to minimise disruption to their journeys.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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