Question follow-through · 5316
Railways: Sheffield
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department's contract with East Midlands Railway for train services from Sheffield to London specifies the number of carriages each service should have available.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department's contract with East Midlands Railway for train services from Sheffield to London specifies the number of carriages each service should have available.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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10 Jun 2026
Answer published
The National Rail Contract does not specify the number of carriages for each service, it is for the Train Operator to prepare a timetable which sets out the train formation that best matches available capacity to the forecast passenger demand. EMR’s new A...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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