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London North Eastern Railway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department had discussions with LNER on the (i) commissioning and (ii) publication of the report entitled “Impact of Open Access Operations on LNER – at stations with di

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
21 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
4 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department had discussions with LNER on the (i) commissioning and (ii) publication of the report entitled “Impact of Open Access Operations on LNER – at stations with di

  2. 2 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Train operators are not required to seek the Department for Transport’s approval for business-as-usual research funded within their approved budgets.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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