Question follow-through · 16846

West Coast Main Line: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what has been the average time delay for Avanti West Coast trains in each of the five years up to and including 2025.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
13 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what has been the average time delay for Avanti West Coast trains in each of the five years up to and including 2025.

  2. 13 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Department does not routinely hold this data. It is the responsibility of train operating companies to collect this information. Wider performance data is however publicly available through The Office of Rail and Road's data portal. This can be found ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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