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Commons · Question 11186 · Tabled 18 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 24 Jun 2026

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Asked by Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 4598 on Great British Railways, if Great British Railways will publish guidance setting out the criteria against which applications for open access passenger r

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 24 Jun 2026

Yes. Clause 59 of the Railways Bill would require Great British Railways (GBR) to publish the criteria that it intends to apply when making decisions on applications to operate trains other than GBR passenger services, as part of its access and use policy...