Written questions

Northern: Rolling Stock

2026-06-07 · Department for Transport · 7499 · Official question

Mr Richard Holden

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 3326 on Northern Trains: Rolling Stock, how many and what proportion of short-formed services there were for each of those routes in the 18 months prior to 4 Ju

Answer

DFT Operator expects operators to provide appropriate capacity in response to expected demand and holds operators to account for short -formed services. While DFT Operator generally monitors levels of short formation at an operator level every four weeks,...