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Written Question
Railways: Franchises
Wednesday 25th November 2015

Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many open access contracts operate on the railway; and how many such contracts are currently under consideration.

Answered by Claire Perry

There are now three open access operators running passenger services on the national rail network, with a fourth planning to start in 2018. Applications from two further operators are currently under consideration by the Office of Rail and Road.