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East West Rail Line: Rolling Stock

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 22 May 2025UIN 52394

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the amount of new rolling stock required to be purchased to deliver East West Rail services.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

Work is ongoing to establish demand levels and the optimal Train Service Specification (TSS) between Oxford & Cambridge, this details the frequency and stopping pattern of the proposed services and rolling stock requirements. These factors continue to evolve and develop as East West Rail Company refines the proposals for the scheme which will be set out in a Statutory Consultation

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