Question follow-through · 62139
Cross Country Trains: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending cross-country train contracts early.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending cross-country train contracts early.
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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1 Jul 2025
Answer published
Officials monitor all operators against the train service performance benchmarks in their contracts. CrossCountry performance in 2024 was not good enough so enforcement action was taken. Cancellations have reduced since January 2025 but remain high, parti...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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