Railways: Standards
(asked on 22nd February 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to conduct a comparative assessment with other European nations on the state of rail services including on reliability, comfort and pricing.
This question was answered on 6th March 2024
The Department seeks to identify best practice from other countries’ rail networks but is not currently planning a formal comparative assessment.
The latest Common Safety Indicators from the Office of Rail and Road, which were published 15 February 2024, showed that Great Britain ranks favourably compared with other European countries in terms of employee safety, level crossing user safety and trespasser safety.