Question follow-through · 47644
Network Rail: Empty Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the amount of vacant property space on the Network Rail land estate which could be let for (a) retail and (b) commercial purposes.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the amount of vacant property space on the Network Rail land estate which could be let for (a) retail and (b) commercial purposes.
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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6 May 2025
Answer published
Network Rail’s present commercial vacancy rate is 3.2%, across the 20 stations managed by Network Rail.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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