Question follow-through · 16240
South West Main Line: Railway Signals
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to upgrade signalling infrastructure on the South Western Main Line between Basingstoke and London Waterloo; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of such upgrades on servic
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 6 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to upgrade signalling infrastructure on the South Western Main Line between Basingstoke and London Waterloo; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of such upgrades on servic
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2026
Answer published
Network Rail, as the owner and operator of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain, is responsible for planning and delivering signalling renewals. There are currently no major signalling upgrade schemes planned between Basingstoke and London Waterloo wi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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