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Northern: Rolling Stock

Commons · Question 36061 · Tabled 6 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 11 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 34603 on Rolling Stock: Northern, what information her Department holds on the number of train cars in good working order but not in use by Northern.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 11 Mar 2025

Northern currently has 954 carriages that operate according to train service requirements set by the Department. Train operators are responsible for ensuring that they meet the needs of customers by deploying the appropriate number of vehicles into servic...