Railways: Sunderland
(asked on 20th April 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with rail franchises in the North of England on improving the service to Sunderland rail station.
This question was answered on 25th April 2016
Given that the Northern and TPE franchises only started on 1st April 2016, no such discussions have yet taken place and would in any case be led by the devolved franchise management team based in Leeds.
‎Separately, Virgin Trains East Coast introduced a new daily service to Sunderland on 14 December 2015.