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Railways: Timetables

Asked by Paula BarkerLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 4 December 2024UIN 16554

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of short notice changes to the timetable on the rail network.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The department is aware that short notice changes have been occurring due to factors such as incidences of infrastructure issues and traincrew shortages – with a shortage of traincrew causing a high proportion of these short notice changes. The department is working with train operators and Network Rail to address these issues.

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