PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Railways: North of England (19 November 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the franchise agreements for Northern Rail and TransPennine Express will be published.

Asked by:
Angela Rayner (Labour)

Answer

The draft franchise agreements are already published by the Department:

TransPennine Express (TPE): https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417830/franchise-agreement.pdf

Northern: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417807/northern-franchise-agreement.pdf

and the final agreements will be published after the conclusions of the franchise competitions, due in December 2015, and when the agreed redactions have taken place.




Answered by:
Andrew Jones (Conservative)
3 December 2015

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