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Written Question

Wednesday 13th March 2019

Asked by: Will Quince (Conservative - Colchester)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Delay Repay 15 will be introduced on the Great Eastern Mainline.

As announced on 12 March, Commercial terms have now been agreed and Delay Repay 15 will go live on Greater Anglia on 1st April.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 06 Mar 2019
Transport Infrastructure: Essex

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I echo the comments congratulating my right hon. Friend the Member for Witham (Priti Patel) on securing this important and timely debate. I want to focus my remarks on Colchester, but will touch on a number of the different …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main Line

"We are starting this debate somewhat early, and it happens to be a debate on rail delays. Looking at the time, I can work out that I have approximately two and a half hours, which the House will be pleased to know I have no intention of filling. Ironically, though, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main Line

"I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. He is right; nobody should be standing on a train for this length of time. Nobody should be standing to get to London Liverpool Street from average commuter towns like Chelmsford or Colchester, or even as far as Norwich. The journey from …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main Line

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Fares are an interesting point. Of course everyone would like to see rail fares come down, but most people say that they want their fare to represent better value for money. We are fortunate that we are getting a brand new fleet …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main Line

"I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I used to live in his constituency, so I know that rail line well. I understand that the trains have improved somewhat since I lived there. When we ask rail users what they want, most of them say that they want reliability, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main Line

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention and for the role he plays on the great eastern main line taskforce. One reason why it has been so successful is that all the MPs from our region have spoken collectively with one voice, taking the politics out of the issue, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main Line

"My hon. Friend refers to the Beaulieu Park station, which is important not just for Chelmsford but for the whole great eastern main line, because it affords us the opportunity to create two passing loops between Chelmsford and Colchester. That will hugely increase capacity on our line...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main Line

"I have heard similar anecdotal cases. We must not forget that people do not just have issues getting to work; they need to get home, too. A lot of people have childcare providers. If parents are not back by a particular time, there is a real issue. People are in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main Line

"I thank the Minister for giving way again. He is being incredibly generous. May I suggest that one of the reasons why Greater Anglia is so prolific on Twitter is the fact that it has so many rail users who tweet complaints to it, which it has to respond to?..."
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