Railways: North of England

(asked on 16th January 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the possible changes to the Northern franchise, what consideration, if any, they have given to transferring Leeds to Carlisle services via the Settle and Carlisle line to the Transpennine franchise.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 30th January 2020

We are continually talking to community stakeholders about how we can further improve the Leeds to Carlisle service. Some of the options being looked at include improving journey times and better connectivity to other parts of the north. There are no discussions underway about transferring the service to the TransPennine Express franchise.

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