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Thameslink Line: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date the deployment of the full cohort of 110 Travel Safe Officers on Thameslink services will be completed; and how these officers will be allocated across the network to maximize passenger safety.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
5 Jun 2026
Target answer date
9 Jun 2026
Answer
15 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date the deployment of the full cohort of 110 Travel Safe Officers on Thameslink services will be completed; and how these officers will be allocated across the network to maximize passenger safety.

  2. 9 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The deployment of an enhanced team of 110 Travel Safe Officers on Thameslink services has now been completed. Travel Safe Officers are deployed across the network in a targeted, flexible, and data-led way. Their allocation is informed by intelligence and ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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