Railway Stations: Urban Areas

(asked on 8th October 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many urban areas in England with populations of over 17,000 do not have a railway station.


Answered by
Simon Lightwood Portrait
Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 14th October 2024

It is estimated that there are approximately 80 ‘built up areas’ with a population of 20,000 or more that do not contain operational railway stations within England.

Some large cities and towns consist of several built up areas, and whilst a specific built up area may not contain a station, there may be one or more stations within close proximity in a neighbouring built up area.

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