Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he took and when to address the flooding that disrupted rail services between Rugby and Milton Keynes on Wednesday 9 March 2016.

This was an operational matter for Network Rail and the train operators, who did what they could to keep services moving so far as was safely practicable in the difficult conditions. Given the reduced line capacity available, it was necessary for the train operators to substantially thin out the level of service; the resulting serious disruption to passengers on the route is regretted.