Lumo: Torbay
Commons · Question 77230 · Tabled 15 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants in her Department are working on the open access applicaiton from FirstGroup for Lumo services between London Paddington and Paignton.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 14 Oct 2025
Access to the rail network including decisions on Open Access applications is a matter for the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). When DfT provides views on individual applications as a key stakeholder, it does so with input from rail analytical and operation...