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Rolling Stock: Procurement

Asked by Dan NorrisIndependentDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 2 December 2025UIN 93640

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish a strategy for new rolling stock to be procured by passenger train operators contracted by her Department.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Government has begun work to develop a long-term rolling stock and infrastructure strategy, the first for more than three decades and we expect to publish it next year. The strategy will place the needs of passengers at its heart and will pursue modern standards of carbon-friendly traction, passenger comfort and accessibility.

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