Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) Southeastern Rail and (b) Network Rail have written to his Department on the matter of passengers being held on a train for over four hours outside Lewisham station on 2 March 2018; and if he will make a statement.

Southeastern made the Department aware of the incident and Officials have discussed the impact it had on passengers. Southeastern are appointing an independent investigator to lead a full review of the incident to identify lessons learnt. This will be shared with my Department.