Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 14 March (HL5764), whether they would look favourably on a proposal to use a high quality rail replacement bus service in place of a passenger train at less busy times on the rail line between Ipswich and Felixstowe if it were to be brought forward by the operator and Network Rail.
If a proposal were to be brought forward by the train operator and Network Rail, we would consider it carefully. No proposal has however been submitted. The specification and provision of rail replacement services is a commercial and operational matter for the operator and Network Rail, not the Government.