Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken with rail operators to inform key workers travelling by rail of forthcoming engineering works to avoid disruption.

In line with the roadmap to recovery outlined by the Prime Minister on 22 February the advice over the Easter weekend will be to ‘minimise travel’. Nonetheless, Network Rail have already taken extensive steps to keep disruption to a minimum whilst carrying out essential maintenance and upgrade work. Passengers that do need to travel should check their journeys in advance. Details of how work will affect passengers’ journeys are already available on the National Rail and operators’ websites.