Written questions

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...