Railways: Franchises
Commons · Question 90335 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms her Department will establish to safeguard commercially sensitive route proposals made by open access rail operators.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 18 Nov 2025
The Railways Bill will reform the existing rules for access and use of the railway by enabling GBR to take decisions on best use of the network. GBR will make these decisions against duties clearly defined in the bill, public law principles including to a...