Written Evidence Apr. 29 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: structural deficit, and £3.1 billion in subsidies for passenger rail services in 2022-2023, the railways
Written Evidence Apr. 29 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: also the regulator of National Highways and we have economic regulatory functions in relation to railways
Written Evidence Apr. 29 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: for business, commuting and leisure passengers.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on (a) expected future rail passenger demand and (b) the potential factors affecting future rail passenger demand.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
In line with our published guidance, the Department has developed a range of rail demand forecasts in both the medium and long term. The Department considers a wide range of evidence for our project appraisals and policy decisions.
There are many economic and socio-demographic factors which potentially affect future rail passenger demand. These are detailed within the Department’s Transport Analysis Guidance, published online.
Mentions:
1: Lord Snape (Lab - Life peer) That truncated high-speed route will not just directly impact passengers. - Speech Link
2: Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab - Life peer) , published last year:“The railways’ capabilities are manifest when the management of the railways is - Speech Link
3: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) On the railways, it is interesting. - Speech Link
4: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) Public transport works best where you have a concentration of passengers. - Speech Link
5: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) Reform is essential to deliver a better railway for passengers. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Kerr, Liam (Con - North East Scotland) Scotland Transport Partnership points out, the two new stations could service thousands of potential passengers - Speech Link
2: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) or not, we should all take cognisance of the investment that the Scottish Government has made in our railways - Speech Link
3: Nicoll, Audrey (SNP - Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) focus: according to the most recent figures for journeys to and from Kintore station, about 85,000 passengers - Speech Link
4: Rennie, Willie (LD - North East Fife) railway lines; we are talking simply about allowing the trains to stop in those communities to let passengers - Speech Link
5: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) think everybody has acknowledged.In conclusion, the Government remains committed to investing in our railways - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: but rather is looking outwards and doing what we need the railway to do, which is to deliver for passengers
Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: pieces include overall funding arrangements, how passenger operations would be run in Great British Railways
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