PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
East Midlands Rail Franchise (9 October 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to make it his policy that commuter trains will stop at additional stops between Corby and London St Pancras as a result of the conclusion of the East Midlands Train Consultation.

Asked by:
Mohammad Yasin (Labour)

No firm decision on rail services in the next East Midlands franchise has yet been taken. The next franchise starts in August 2019. Invitations to Tender are due to be issued to potential bidders in April 2018. All options for rail services in the next franchise are subject to analysis of the potential benefits and our consultation with stakeholders, which closed on 11 October.

Answered by:
Paul Maynard (Conservative)
17 October 2017