Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve (a) service reliability, (b) service quality, (c) infrastructure, and (d) accessibility for passengers of trainlines.

Improving both the reliability and quality of rail services for passengers is an important priority for this Government. We have already taken significant steps towards this, through resolving the long running industrial disputes and through meeting regularly with train operator management teams and holding them to account for the delivery of their services. As well as delivering for passengers, such steps have led to significant benefit for taxpayers.

We also continue to invest around £2 billion each year in rail infrastructure, committing funding to projects and programmes to enhance the railway across the country. This will enable us to increase connectivity and capacity on the railway, so people can get to where they need to be more easily. This funding continues to support physical accessibility improvement on the rail network, on top of which we have invested over £10 million in funding for the Passenger Assist scheme since November 2024, which will deliver improvements for passengers needing support over the next two years.