Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the cause of the roof collapse at Northwich railway station; when the station will reopen; what the cost is of the damage, what the timescale is for fully repairing the roof; and what assessment he has made of the risk to services passing through the station.

An investigation is being carried out by Northern, Network Rail and the Office of Rail and Road and this work is still ongoing. Engineers have inspected the building and trains have been cleared to use the station which reopened two days later. The operator is working with Network Rail to review temporary facilities and a proposed new station building. The costs of this incident are currently unknown.