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Railways: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of rail connectivity for rural constituencies such as West Dorset.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
8 Jul 2026
Answer
15 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of rail connectivity for rural constituencies such as West Dorset.

  2. 8 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Department for Transport does not routinely assess the adequacy of rail connectivity on a constituency-by-constituency basis. However, the Department considers connectivity impacts as part of its wider appraisal of rail services and infrastructure inv...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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