PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cross Country Line: Overcrowding (31 January 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with CrossCountry Trains on overcrowding on its services.
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Answer
Officials meet CrossCountry regularly to discuss contractual matters - including their plans for acquiring and deploying additional trains – as part of the National Rail Contract. CrossCountry is working with industry partners to acquire cascaded trains and also whether it would be possible to operate a small number of such trains in 2024 to provide additional capacity, subject to their availability, and an appropriate business case.
Answered by:
Huw Merriman (Conservative)
7 February 2024
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