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Railway Stations: Lifts

Commons · Question 27662 · Tabled 30 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 6 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Rupa Huq

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of spending on railway station lift maintenance in (a) 2014 and (b) 2024.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 6 Feb 2025

Network Rail reported that in 2013/14 it spent £4.2 million maintaining 1127 lift assets, compared to £8.3 million in 2023/24 to maintain 1516 lift assets.