Martin Vickers
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(6 years, 10 months ago)
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Chris Grayling
I absolutely understand the pressures on the hon. Gentleman’s line. Part of the objective of this upgrade is to deliver longer trains and more trains, and it is a huge frustration to me that that has not happened. We have to make sure it happens as quickly as possible.
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con)
What estimate has been made of the cost to the industry and of the potential impact on the various companies involved?
Chris Grayling
It is too early to work through that. I am more focused at the moment on getting services back to normal. The companies will undoubtedly bear a cost from this but, as far as I am concerned, the most important thing is making sure that services are back to normal and that passengers are compensated, and the companies will have to meet the cost of that.