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Railways: North East

Asked by Matt VickersConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 27 November 2025UIN 93284

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has been made of the reliability of regional rail services serving the North East.

Answered by Keir Mather

Rail North Partnership, through which the Department and Transport for the North jointly manage Northern Trains’ and TransPennine Express’ contracts, works closely with these operators, as the Department does with intercity operators, and Mayor McGuiness to deliver the reliable services passengers in the North East want and deserve, taking account of operational and financial constraints on operators and the network.

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