West Coast Main Line: Temperature
Commons · Question 17564 · Tabled 9 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Zubir Ahmed
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the resilience of rail infrastructure on the West Coast Main Line to the effects of climate change, including track buckling and overhead line sagging caused by ex
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 16 Jul 2026
Network Rail is investing £2.6 billion in activities and technology that will help it better cope with extreme weather and climate change between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2029. Network Rail published its regional weather resilience and climate change ada...