PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cross Country Line: Overcrowding (26 February 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2024 to Question 12442 on Cross Country Trains: Overcrowding, how many times Ministers from his Department met Cross Country Trains to discuss overcrowding and cancellations on Cross Country rail services in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

In line with the terms of the applicable contract, officials from the Department meet with CrossCountry Directors to discuss train service performance (including the level of cancellations and crowding) and other contractual matters:

(a) at least every four weeks in 2023 with additional meetings from time to time

(b) four times since 1 January 2024.

Answered by:
Huw Merriman (Conservative)
29 February 2024