Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce overcrowding on passenger rail services.

This Government is making the biggest investment in our railways since the Victorian era, enabling more trains and longer trains to operate on many of our busiest routes. Since 2010, more than 563 new carriages have been brought into service in England and Wales, and a further 5032 are planned to enter service by the end of 2020.