Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to (a) close and (b) reduce the opening hours of station ticket offices on the Cumbrian Coast railway line.

The Department for Transport is currently conducting a joint public consultation with Rail North on a range of options for the future Nothern and TransPennine Express franchises; no decisions have yet been taken. The consultation concludes 18 August 2014 and can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises