Question follow-through · 67459
Robin Hood Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered the potential merits of a direct train service between stations on the Robin Hood Line and London.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered the potential merits of a direct train service between stations on the Robin Hood Line and London.
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jul 2025
Answer published
There has been no consideration to East Midlands Railway providing a direct service between London and stations on the Robin Hood Line. However, the Department is happy to work with operators as they develop demand-led timetables that can adapt to passeng...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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