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London North Eastern Railway

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 4 June 2025UIN 53824

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department had discussions with LNER on the (i) commissioning and (ii) publication of the report entitled “Impact of Open Access Operations on LNER – at stations with di

Answered by Simon Lightwood

Train operators are not required to seek the Department for Transport’s approval for business-as-usual research funded within their approved budgets.

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