Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to transfer Barton on Humber services in to the East Midlands Railway franchise.
As detailed in the East Midlands franchise announcement on 10 April, the Barton-on-Humber to Cleethorpes service is planned to transfer from the Northern to the East Midlands franchise, delivering enhanced services on refurbished modern trains, providing more capacity, free Wi-Fi and air conditioning.