Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency plans will be put in place if the handover of the Core Valley Lines asset from Network Rail to the Welsh Government does not take place.
The government continues to support the Welsh government in progressing the procurement of the next Wales and Borders rail franchise and an infrastructure provider for the South Wales Metro.
Should the proposed transfer not take place, the Core Valley Lines infrastructure will continue to be owned and operated by Network Rail, as it is today.