Question follow-through · 17564
West Coast Main Line: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the resilience of rail infrastructure on the West Coast Main Line to the effects of climate change, including track buckling and overhead line sagging caused by ex
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Motor Vehicles: Noise · 28 Aug 2026
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- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the resilience of rail infrastructure on the West Coast Main Line to the effects of climate change, including track buckling and overhead line sagging caused by ex
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2026
Answer published
Network Rail is investing £2.6 billion in activities and technology that will help it better cope with extreme weather and climate change between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2029. Network Rail published its regional weather resilience and climate change ada...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Motor Vehicles: Noise
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