PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Avanti West Coast: Standards (28 November 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of Avanti train services were subject to a p-coded cancellation in each of the last 12 months.
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Answer
The Department does not hold all information relating to "p-coded" services, which is a broad term used in the rail industry for planned alterations to the timetable including omissions from the plan of the day, such as engineering works, Bank Holiday or Christmas, industrial action, and special events.
Avanti's approach to managing the consequences of issues such as staff shortages is to either reduce the timetable in advance to ensure transparency, or to cancel them on the day.
I will write to the Member to set out the situation in greater detail and will place a copy of that letter in the library of the House.
Answered by:
Huw Merriman (Conservative)
1 December 2022
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