Rolling Stock: Procurement

(asked on 18th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consent his Department provided for train operating companies to agree short-term lease options with rolling stock leasing companies in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.


Answered by
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 8th January 2024

Consent was provided to train operators to make short-term lease or sub-lease extensions with rolling stock owners or other operators on (a) 18 occasions in 2021, (b) 54 in 2022 and (c) 11 in 2023. These short-term extensions were mitigations for factors including late delivery of functioning new-build fleets from rolling stock manufacturers or delayed cascades of fleets from other operators.

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