Question follow-through · 17514
Railways: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14930 on Railways: Standards, whether her Department maintains a record of the operational systems used by state-owned Train Operating Companies to record servi
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 4 Aug 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Transport
- Railways: Timetables · 9 Sept 2026
- Railways: Standards · 14 Sept 2026
- East West Rail Line · 15 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14930 on Railways: Standards, whether her Department maintains a record of the operational systems used by state-owned Train Operating Companies to record servi
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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4 Aug 2026
Answer published
The Department does not maintain a central record of the operational systems used by individual train operating companies to record service cancellations. Train operators are responsible for their day-to-day operational systems and reporting arrangements,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Railways: Timetables
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 14997 on Railways: Standards, what criteria her Department uses to determine whether passenger demand is sufficiently low to justify a reduction in (a) train
Railways: Standards
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) Notices to Improve and (b) written instructions her Department issued to train operating companies for which the Department is the operator in relation to (i) service performance and (ii) financial
East West Rail Line
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26119 on East West Rail Line, what is her Department's latest estimated date for the commencement of passenger services between Oxford and Milton Keynes; and what was the estimated commencement date on (a) 1 January 2026 and (b) 1 July 2026.