Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with NXET Trains Ltd about minimum levels of (a) on-train, (b) station and (c) ticket office staffing levels in each year of the new franchise agreement for rail passenger services on the Essex Thameside line; and what current staffing levels are in each such category on the line.
Staffing is a matter for the operator; as such no discussions have been held between the Secretary of State for Transport and NXET Trains Limited and minimum levels of staffing have not been specified.