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Written Question
Southern: Standards
Wednesday 12th October 2016

Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the service on Southern Rail.

Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

On 1 September the Secretary of State announced a Network Rail £20m fund, to help improve resilience of the Southern network. Chris Gibb will head a new project board, working with the train operator, the Department for Transport and Network Rail, to explore how to achieve a rapid improvement to services for the public. The board will oversee the fund and create closer working between Govia Thameslink Railway and Network Rail to improve performance.