Asked by: Lord Inglewood (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average monthly payout for delays by Avanti West Coast on the West Coast Main Line in 2025.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Government produces annual figures relating to the amount of delay repay compensation that is paid out by train operating companies including Avanti West Coast. The data for 2024-25 has been collected and will be published in due course. The data for 2025-26 will be collected at the end of the financial year and subsequently published.
In addition to data published by the Department, Avanti West Coast publish data by rail period via its website which may be found on Avanti’s website: https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/help-and-support/delay-repay.
Asked by: Lord Inglewood (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for providing regular bus connections for passengers to Oxenholme and Penrith during the forthcoming diversion of the West Coast Main Line.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Avanti West Coast (AWC) has announced rail replacement bus services will be in operation for passengers wishing to travel to and from Lancaster, Oxenholme and Penrith during the January engineering works. Further details on this will be available on the AWC website soon.
The Department regularly discusses with AWC the provision of services for passengers, including during engineering works. The Department has not undertaken an assessment of AWCs proposed bus connections.
Asked by: Lord Inglewood (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the percentages of total delays on the West Coast Main Line caused by (1) mechanical failure, (2) infrastructure failure, and (3) staff problems.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) publishes data on train delays, which can be publicly accessed through their data portal. The ORR also reports the causes of these delays by operator. Given that multiple operators provide services on the West Coast Main Line, it is not possible to isolate the causes of delays occurring specifically on this route.
However, data on the delay causes for Avanti West Coast, the primary operator of intercity services on the West Coast Main Line, for the last 12 months for which data is available is set out in the attached document.
(1) Mechanical failure - 18% of Avanti West Coast delay minutes were attributed to ‘Fleet’, either the TOC’s own or that of another operator.
(2) Infrastructure failure - 64% of Avanti West Coast delay minutes were attributed to ‘Network Rail’ including track, and network Management.
(3) Staff Problems - 8% of Avanti West Coast delay minutes were attributed to ‘Traincrew’ either the TOC’s own or that of another operator.
Asked by: Lord Inglewood (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have ruled out including stops in Cumbria for the proposed HS2 rail line.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
Service assumptions for HS2 are still being developed, and exact timetables will be developed before HS2 operational services commence. We have not ruled out stops in Cumbria.