PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
London, Tilbury and Southend Line: Rolling Stock (8 July 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) funding and (b) ownership arrangements are for the 17 new trains to be introduced on the Essex Thameside line under the terms of the new franchise agreement with NXET Trains Ltd; and what the deadline is for the introduction into service of the new fleet.

Asked by:
Ms Diane Abbott (Labour)

The procurement of new trains, comprising 68 new vehicles, is being carried out by NXET Trains Limited under European Union Procurement Regulations and has not yet begun. Decisions about this procurement are a commercial matter for the operator.

Answered by:
Stephen Hammond (Conservative)
14 July 2014