Mentions:
1: Paul Howell (Con - Sedgefield) railways, but that declined as the motor car grew. - Speech Link
2: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) Britain’s modernised fleet of trains offers improved comfort and services to passengers across the country - Speech Link
3: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) The private sector has invested around £20 billion to transform our train fleets for passengers. - Speech Link
Written Evidence Apr. 22 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Rail passengers increasingly expect excellent data and mobile communications service to be a standard
Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to increase staffing levels on trains to improve public safety.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The train operating companies, as employers, are responsible for ensuring there are adequate numbers of staff to suit their operational needs, which includes maintaining the safety of the public using their trains. The British Transport Police (BTP) is the national dedicated police force for the railways in England, Scotland and Wales. It also has responsibility for the London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, the Midland Metro tram system, Croydon Tramlink, Tyne and Wear Metro, Glasgow Subway and the IFS Cloud Cable car. We urge all passengers, to please report any incidents to the BTP either via its text-reporting service on 61016, its Railway Guardian App, online via its website, or in an emergency by dialling 999.
Apr. 17 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024Found: national carriage for hire or reward carried out on a temporary basis in the UK; or (b)in relation to passengers
Mentions:
1: Katherine Fletcher (Con - South Ribble) for the people of west Leyland is that a train comes along to Midge Hall station and stops, and the passengers - Speech Link
2: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) work he does in the same vein for his constituency.My Department prioritises investments in our roads, railways - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) Where is the promised guiding mind that will end the railways’ chaotic fragmentation? - Speech Link
2: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) Alstom order from the Government for extra trains on the Elizabeth line is, allegedly, to cope with more passengers - Speech Link
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: hurt the freight sector6 and frankly the sooner we have a long-term strategy which businesses and passengers
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: independent retailers add significant value and innovation to the retail marketplace, and Great British Railways
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: Question 8 Are the interests of passengers and freight users sufficiently promoted by the provisions
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: expertise and creativity of private sector operators for the benefit of those who use the railway, passengers