Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department made of trends in the level of overcrowding on Thameslink trains between Mill Hill Broadway and St Pancras during peak times.

GTR report that the busiest individual Thameslink services between Mill Hill Broadway and St Pancras will typically be at around 50 to 60 per cent of capacity during peak times, with most services outside of the peak being less busy. The eight carriage Class 700 trains which Thameslink operate on this particular route have a nominal capacity of around 1,200 people and were designed to accommodate a large proportion of standing passengers.