Railways: North of England

(asked on 11th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to replace the Service Option Fund on the former Northern Rail franchise.


Answered by
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 19th May 2020

Under the new agreement with Northern Trains Ltd, there is no longer a formal Service Options Fund to help capture the aspirations for additional services however the operator is required to continue this development work through its ongoing discussions with stakeholders. Aligned with this is the work to understand passenger demand as a result of COVID-19. Although there is a great deal of uncertainty surrounding this, we always welcome suggestions to help better connect our towns and cities.

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