Question follow-through · 90335
Railways: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms her Department will establish to safeguard commercially sensitive route proposals made by open access rail operators.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms her Department will establish to safeguard commercially sensitive route proposals made by open access rail operators.
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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18 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Railways Bill will reform the existing rules for access and use of the railway by enabling GBR to take decisions on best use of the network. GBR will make these decisions against duties clearly defined in the bill, public law principles including to a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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