Railways: West Midlands
Commons · Question 98787 · Tabled 10 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Railways Bill on service reliability of rail routes (a) connecting Birmingham and Walsall and (b) the rest of the West Midlands.
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 17 Dec 2025
The Railways Bill includes the introduction of Great British Railways (GBR) which will be a new public company responsible for providing the single point of leadership our railways sorely need, squarely accountable to its passengers for the service it del...