Question follow-through · 47451
Train Operating Companies: Land and Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the amount of land owned by Train Operating Companies that is (a) unused, (b) undeveloped and (c) available for commercial use.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 30 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the amount of land owned by Train Operating Companies that is (a) unused, (b) undeveloped and (c) available for commercial use.
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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30 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Department does not hold information on land owned by train operating companies as they do not typically own land; rather they lease stations and pay track and depot access charges to the relevant infrastructure owner.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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