Railways: Temperature
Commons · Question 14133 · Tabled 29 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Ayoub Khan
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many instances of heat-related speed restrictions on the rail network occurred in each of the last five years.
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 7 Jul 2026
Network Rail has recorded the following number of daily incidents of “Critical Rail Temperature speed-restriction incidents” as follows: Financial YearHeat speeds (Incident-days)2019/205272020/215752021/2210802022/2316222023/246242024/253322025/268032026/...