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West Coast Main Line: Standards

Asked by Derek TwiggLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 13 July 2026UIN 16847

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Avanti West Coast trains have been delayed between Liverpool and London each of the five years up to and including 2025.

Answered by Keir Mather

The Department does not routinely hold this data. It is the responsibility of train operating companies to collect this information. Although not on a line of route basis, wider performance data is publicly available through the Office of Rail and Road's data portal. This can be found at: https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/performance/passenger-rail-performance/.

Whilst the question refers to calendar years, railway performance information is presented in four-weekly rail periods as standard.

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