Hitachi Rail: Rail Travel Disruption Debate
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Lord Bradshaw
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Hitachi Rail: Rail Travel Disruption
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Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con)
I commit to the noble Lord that the ORR will produce a report on the safety lessons from this incident and on how passengers have been impacted.
Lord Bradshaw (LD) [V]
My Lords, is it not a fact that 95% of GWR trains ran on Monday? In fact, the company expects to run an extremely high proportion of services. Would the Minister do something to stop all these prophets of doom, who seem to make public transport a kicking boy and put people off resuming their journeys?
Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con)
I absolutely agree with the noble Lord. GWR is operating an amended timetable, and passengers need certainty nowadays, so that they can plan when to travel. GWR has every confidence that its amended timetable will run. Of its 93 class 800 trains, only 21 remain out of service. I therefore encourage passengers to travel and travel safety.