Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his oral contribution of 4 July 2017, Official Report, column 1137, which routes currently operated under the East Midlands franchise are anticipated to benefit from a significantly shorter journey time as a result of the new Thameslink timetable; and what those changes in journey times will be.

Network Rail and the train operators are currently undertaking the detailed work to develop the 2018 timetable for the Midland Main Line.