Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, in relation to the East Coast partnership arrangement that is proposed to be set up from 2020, what proportion of the current paths are allocated to each of the train operating companies including the open access services and the freight operators, by (1) the number of services, and (2) the number of route miles.

It should be noted there is a well-defined, and regulated process for the allocation of train paths and the introduction of the East Coast Partnership from 2020 will be independent from this.

Currently, allocation on the East Coast Mainline is as follows:

The Department for Transport does not hold information on route miles per operator.