Railways: East Midlands

(asked on 27th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress is being made on awarding the East Midlands rail franchise.


Answered by
Paul Maynard Portrait
Paul Maynard
This question was answered on 30th March 2017

On 1 March this year, the Department announced the three companies that are shortlisted to bid for the next east midlands franchise. A public consultation will be held in due course, followed by the publication of the invitation to tender and the stakeholder briefing document.

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