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Written Question
Railways: Devon
Wednesday 4th September 2024

Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on (a) rail and (b) station improvements in (i) Torbay and (ii) Devon.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Chancellor set out on 29 July a range of pressures on public spending, including £2.9 billion of unfunded transport specific spending. Following this, the Secretary of State’s Written Ministerial Statement on 30 July set out that the Department is undertaking an internal review of its capital spend portfolio. This will support the development of our new long-term strategy for transport.

The review will consider several projects under the former Restoring Your Railway programme.

Any decisions about the capital spend portfolio will be subject to broader discussions and fiscal decisions made at Budget and Spending Review.

Commons Chamber
Rail and Road Connectivity: Northern Lincolnshire - Thu 05 Sep 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Melanie Onn (Lab - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes) in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes and also the wider region.The Minister will be aware that road and rail - Speech Link
2: Robin Swann (UUP - South Antrim) In the constituency that I represent, there has already been an all-Ireland rail review, in which both - Speech Link

Written Question
East Midlands Railway and West Midlands Trains: Finance
Monday 9th September 2024

Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to fund (a) rail infrastructure and (b) fleet modernisation projects at (i) East Midlands Railway and (ii) West Midlands Trains (A) during and (B) following their potential transition to public ownership.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The process of transitioning railway passenger services into public ownership should not impact investment projects. Existing projects can continue unless there is a good reason for review; with new projects being considered on their merits. The Department will work closely with private sector train operating companies and Network Rail during the transition process to understand the position of any investment programmes, and build these into transition planning if appropriate.

Railway passenger services currently operated by private sector companies under contract to the Secretary of State will transfer into DfT OLR Holdings Ltd (DOHL) when current contracts end, reach their contractual break point, or if they fail. DOHL is tasked with undertaking transfers efficiently and effectively, with no disruption to passengers and employees. It has managed four successful transfers in recent years and is scaling up to ensure the successful transfer of more services into public ownership.

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Rail Fares - Thu 06 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Ruskell, Mark (Green - Mid Scotland and Fife) It shows us that a third of existing rail users made at least one additional rail journey that they would - Speech Link
2: Harper, Emma (SNP - South Scotland) takes substantially more time to get to Ayr than the rail service did.The reason why the rail service - Speech Link
3: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) The “Fair Fares Review” report concluded this year that“Rail fares are extremely complex with a range - Speech Link
4: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) As part of the fair fares review, the pathfinder pilot was established and has received £40 million in - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Committee
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, 12 April 2024
 ScotRail Alliance senior leadership changes

Correspondence Apr. 12 2024

Committee: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: Network Rail will fill Alex’s role in Network Rail by seconding Liam S umpter to the post of Managing

Select Committee
Transport for London
 RRB0052 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill

Written Evidence May. 23 2024

Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)

Found: RRB0052 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill Transport for London Written Evidence

Select Committee
Office of Rail and Road
 RRB0059 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill

Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024

Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)

Found: RRB0059 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill Office of Rail and Road Written Evidence

Select Committee
Transport Focus
 RRB0041 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill

Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024

Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)

Found: RRB0041 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill Transport Focus Written Evidence

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)

Sep. 04 2024

Source Page: Borders Railway Extension and the Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) findings: EIR release
Document: EIR 202400412367 - Information released - Annex A (PDF)

Found: Borders Railway Extension and the Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) findings: EIR release

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Rail Accident Investigation Branch

May. 16 2024

Source Page: Report 04/2024: Runaway wagon at Kineton
Document: Report 04/2024: Runaway wagon at Kineton (webpage)

Found: that MOD’s contractors did not have sufficient expertise and resources to properly manage the risk of rail