Written questions

West Midlands Trains: Rolling Stock

Commons · Question 3266 · Tabled 20 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 8 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department has undertaken any assessment of the potential impact on regional rail capacity and service resilience of the future reallocation of rolling stock currently operating on West Midlands Rai

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 8 Jun 2026

Great British Railways (GBR) offers us the opportunity to go further with optimising train services and driving up utilisation. Through GBR’s directing mind function, services and timetables will be developed in a coherent fashion that drives up network p...