Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the level of overcrowding on train station platforms for Southeastern services.

Network Rail and all train operators, including Southeastern, have plans in place to ensure that if any of their stations get crowded, they remain safe. Southeastern are constantly assessing demand and passenger flows and work alongside Network Rail and other train operators, to review and develop their plans, always with safety as a top priority. Following the crowding incident at London Bridge on 25 January Network Rail and Southeastern conducted a full investigation and several immediate actions have already been taken to reinforce the safety of customers both at platform and concourse level.