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Trains: Manufacturing Industries

Commons · Question 5550 · Tabled 12 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 9 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of newly approved open access services supporting (a) British train (i) manufacturing and (ii) assembly and (b) the wider supply chain.

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 9 Oct 2024

Privately owned and run open access operators can play a significant role in supporting UK train manufacturers, assemblers and their UK supply chains and are an important source of potential orders, both for new and cascaded rolling stock.  It remains a m...