South Western Railway: Rolling Stock
Commons · Question 55865 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Clive Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has set a revised timetable for the introduction of the full Class 701 fleet on the Waterloo-Reading line.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 9 Jun 2025
South Western Railway services transferred into public ownership on Sunday 25 May. This was a watershed moment in our work to return the railways to the service of passengers. The new Managing Director of SWR is now developing a detailed plan to get the n...