Question follow-through · 19334
West Coast Main Line: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times trains have been delayed or cancelled on the West Coast Main Line due to livestock being on the line in 2021-2022, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2026 · 50 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times trains have been delayed or cancelled on the West Coast Main Line due to livestock being on the line in 2021-2022, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Department does not hold data on delays and cancellations caused by livestock on the West Coast Main Line, as Network Rail records such incidents at a regional level. The closest available data is for Network Rail's North West and Central region, whic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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