PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Railways: North East (22 June 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support rail and rolling stock replacement in the north east.
Asked by:
Bridget Phillipson (Labour)
Asked by:
Bridget Phillipson (Labour)
Answer
As announced when we issued the Invitation To Tender for the Northern franchise, we are committed to the removal of the existing Pacer trains by the end of 2019 at the latest. We are also requiring bidders to include in their fleet plans at least 120 new-build carriages, and to modernise all other trains operating on the Northern franchise.
Answered by:
Andrew Jones (Conservative)
29 June 2015
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