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Rolling Stock: Sanitation

Asked by Shivani RajaConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 10 August 2026UIN 18770

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger services operated by each train operating company were reported as having one or more defective toilets in each month since July 2024.

Answered by Keir Mather

Information on individual rolling stock defects and the status of onboard facilities is held by train operators and rolling stock maintainers as part of their operational maintenance and asset management arrangements. Where toilets are fitted on board trains, the Department expects train operators to work with those maintaining them, to minimise any lack of availability and deliver facilities that passengers expect.

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