PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Avanti West Coast: Standards (7 November 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many services Avanti West Coast were scheduled to run in each month since July 2022 excluding periods affected by industrial action; and how many (a) full and (b) part cancellations there were on this route in the same period.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Information relating to trains planned and cancellations by the operator is publicly available on the Office and Rail and Road website. Avanti West Coast’s information is included in the attached table.

Following the withdrawal of rest day working, Avanti West Coast reduced the number of trains planned in the timetable in order to reduce the impact of short notice cancellations by giving passengers greater certainty as to what trains would run.

Avanti West Coast has sought force majeure relief under its contract for industrial action including for the impact of the withdrawal of rest day working. While the Department considers this claim it is unable to accurately exclude data relating to periods affected by industrial action.

Answered by:
Huw Merriman (Conservative)
14 November 2022