Thameslink Line: Standards
Commons · Question 64465 · Tabled 2 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has allocated to reducing the number of rail replacement services required on Thameslink services in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 10 Jul 2025
The Department requires its train operators to use reasonable endeavours to provide alternative means of transport where they cannot provide their planned train service. Rail replacement bus services are typically provided when parts of the railway are cl...