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East Coast Main Line: Standards

Asked by Grahame MorrisLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 8 December 2025UIN 95389

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains on the East Coast Main Line have been cancelled due to train faults in 2025 to date.

Answered by Keir Mather

For the East Coast Mainline, between 5 January 2025 and 8 November 2025, there have been 1931.6 full or part cancellations attributed to Technical Fleet Delays (which includes train faults). This figure is weighted by the number of cancelled stops on the East Coast route for a cancelled train, which might only spend part of its journey on the route

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