Railways: Tendring

(asked on 4th May 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to ensure that the next East Anglia franchise introduces new rolling stock on routes to Clacton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze.


Answered by
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Claire Perry
This question was answered on 10th May 2016

The specification for the next franchise requires that bidders provide high quality rolling stock in their bids and 30% of the available quality points from the franchise evaluation (the highest level in any franchise) will be awarded for bidders’ plans for rolling stock improvements.

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