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Railways: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to improve rail services in the West Midlands.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
20 May 2025
Target answer date
22 May 2025
Answer
27 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to improve rail services in the West Midlands.

  2. 22 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 May 2025

    Answer published

    West Midlands Trains has recently introduced two brand new fleets of high capacity trains in the West Midlands area, with a third new fleet on its West Coast routes starting service shortly. Five new stations are also under construction. Meanwhile, CrossC...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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