Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to reduce overcrowding on the South West Mainline into London Waterloo.
The newly let South Western Railway franchise will oversee a £1.2 billion investment that will improve journeys for millions of train passengers, and provide a boost for the communities served. This franchise will see the following mainline improvements:
o 35% increase morning peak capacity into London Waterloo
o 41% increase evening peak capacity out of London Waterloo
o 8 minutes faster from Southampton Central
o 9 minutes faster from Bournemouth
o 14 minutes faster from Weymouth
o 5 minutes faster from Portsmouth
o 11 minutes faster from Salisbury