Written questions

Railways: North East

Commons · Question 93284 · Tabled 20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 27 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has been made of the reliability of regional rail services serving the North East.

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 27 Nov 2025

Rail North Partnership, through which the Department and Transport for the North jointly manage Northern Trains’ and TransPennine Express’ contracts, works closely with these operators, as the Department does with intercity operators, and Mayor McGuiness ...