Question follow-through · 3266
West Midlands Trains: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department has undertaken any assessment of the potential impact on regional rail capacity and service resilience of the future reallocation of rolling stock currently operating on West Midlands Rai
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department has undertaken any assessment of the potential impact on regional rail capacity and service resilience of the future reallocation of rolling stock currently operating on West Midlands Rai
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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8 Jun 2026
Answer published
Great British Railways (GBR) offers us the opportunity to go further with optimising train services and driving up utilisation. Through GBR’s directing mind function, services and timetables will be developed in a coherent fashion that drives up network p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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