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.
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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
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.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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