Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
Commons · Question 113405 · Tabled 12 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Rebecca Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of emergency track and asset renewals on the rail network over the last ten years.
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 26 Feb 2026
Analysis of trends in asset failures form part of Network Rail’s assurance processes. Whilst it has identified that track asset ‘used life’ has been increasing over ten years, its data shows that the ‘performance risk’ for rail and track geometry defects ...