Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government who is funding the installation in train cabs of in-cab signalling for the European Train Control system in trains operated by (1) passenger franchise operators, (2) open access passenger operators, and (3) freight operators.

Government is using part of the National Productivity Investment Fund assigned to Digital Signalling announced in the Autumn Statement 2016 to fund a number of in-cab signalling projects.

1) Four Passenger First-in-Class design, fitment and testing projects.

2) The fitment of nine Class 180 vehicles operated by an open access operator.

3) Three Freight First-in-Class design, fitment and testing projects with a further three design projects.