Question follow-through · 37878
Railways: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce (a) delays and (b) overcrowding of train services.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce (a) delays and (b) overcrowding of train services.
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Department has been clear that rail services have been failing passengers. Cancellations are at a ten-year high and punctuality is inconsistent across the network. We need to improve services for passengers and deliver better value for money for the t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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