Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many stations there are on the Greater Anglia rail franchise; and how many of those stations are unstaffed.
Answered by Claire Perry
There are 131 stations managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, whilst their services call at 147 stations. Of those 131 stations, under the terms of the Franchise Agreement, 67 have staffed ticket offices. All other staffing decisions are a matter for the operator and they have no need to inform us of their decisions.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are employed by Greater Anglia rail passenger services.
Answered by Claire Perry
As of 12 June 2015, there are 3,133 staff employed by Abellio Greater Anglia (AGA). On the AGA Franchise, the Department monitors the staffing levels of guards and train crew (1090 on 12 June), cleaning staff (220 on 12 June) and catering staff (57 on 12 June). The Department does not monitor the other categories to this level of granularity.