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Asked by Richard FullerConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 26 May 2026UIN 1993

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for each train operating company under DfT Operator ownership, how many services were operated with fewer carriages than planned in each of the last 18 months; and what percentage of that operator’s total services this represented.

Answered by Keir Mather

In the attached document is the available data for the number of short-formed services for each train operating company under DfT Operator ownership over the last 18 months, and the percentage of each operator’s total services based on the regime data for each operator. Please note that the percentages are not comparable and do not represent the total number of services for each operator.

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