PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Midland Main Line (28 May 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to issue East Midlands Trains' Direct Award; and when he expects to make a decision on the rolling stock that will be used on the Midland Main Line once electrification works are completed.

Asked by:
Lilian Greenwood (Labour)

We expect to announce the Direct Award in the summer. It will be for bidders for the next long-term East Midlands franchise to include proposals for the post-electrification rolling stock in their bids. The franchise competition will be run in 2016, with services to start in October 2017.

Answered by:
Claire Perry (Conservative)
2 June 2015