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Train Operating Companies: Land and Property

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 30 April 2025UIN 47451

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the amount of land owned by Train Operating Companies that is (a) unused, (b) undeveloped and (c) available for commercial use.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department does not hold information on land owned by train operating companies as they do not typically own land; rather they lease stations and pay track and depot access charges to the relevant infrastructure owner.

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