Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he will take steps to ensure that the Rail Accident Investigation Branch's investigation into the incident outside of Lewisham station on the 2 March 2018 will also investigate the incident which took place on the 5 April 2018 outside Lewisham station.

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is aware of the electrical failure near Lewisham and St Johns stations on 5 April 2018 that led to passengers being trapped on a stranded train for more than three hours until they could be transferred to another train.

This event is outside the RAIB’s normal scope as accident investigators, but the RAIB is confident that its ongoing investigation into the stranding of numerous trains at Lewisham on 2 March will identify learning that is generally applicable to managing the stranding of trains at this location, and more generally.