Southern: Industrial Disputes

(asked on 12th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with coach and bus companies on provision of alternative routes for commuters living in Worthing during industrial action on the Southern rail line.


Answered by
Andrew Jones Portrait
Andrew Jones
This question was answered on 15th December 2016

The coach market in the UK is deregulated, as is the bus market in GB outside London. It is for individual bus and coach companies to decide how to respond to the action by Southern Rail.

However, my officials are closely liaising with the Confederation of Passenger Transport, the bus and coach trade body, to determine how bus and coach operators can best assist with providing alternative transport.

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