West Midlands Trains: Rolling Stock
Commons · Question 114846 · Tabled 23 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what safeguards are in place to help ensure that rolling stock currently allocated to services operated by West Midlands Trains remains allocated to those routes following transfer into public ownership; and wh
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 3 Mar 2026
The Department for Transport (DfT), and the Department’s Rail Operator (DFTO) currently have no plans to reallocate rolling stock in use by West Midlands Trains and, as part of the recent transfer into public ownership, all leases have been extended until...