PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Railways: South of England (23 February 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential of Westbury to become the north-south/east-west rail hub for the central south of England.

Asked by:
Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative)

The importance of Westbury as an interchange station for South West Trains and Great Western Rail services is not underestimated by the Department, and is already a mini hub and crew point for some of the inter-regional services (Bristol to Portsmouth and Weymouth). However, Bristol is the key hub for the region, and the Department has therefore made no such assessment regarding Westbury.

Answered by:
Claire Perry (Conservative)
2 March 2016