Railways: Nature Conservation
Commons · Question 8608 · Tabled 10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5044 on Railways: Nature Conservation, on how many occasions planned railway maintenance, vegetation management and infrastructure works were (a) delayed, (b) p
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 22 Jun 2026
Neither the Department nor Network Rail hold data on delays, postponements and alterations to work that may have occurred due to advice from ecologists specifically relating to nesting birds. Network Rail routinely undertakes checks in advance of vegetati...