Question follow-through · 100644
Railway Network: Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve rail connectivity in Shropshire.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 23 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve rail connectivity in Shropshire.
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Dec 2025
Answer published
West Midlands Railway’s (WMR’s) modern Class 196 fleet entered service between Shrewsbury and Birmingham in 2022, increasing capacity, and improving reliability and customer experience. Transport for Wales (TfW) are introducing new Class 197 trains from 2...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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