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Railways: Standards

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 13 November 2025UIN 88880

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to maintain the schedule 8 compensation mechanism for unplanned service disruption for operators outside Great British Railways.

Answered by Keir Mather

GBR will be required to have a performance and incentives scheme that covers planned and unplanned disruption to protect all users operating services on the network.

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