South Western Railway: Standards
(asked on 8th May 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with South Western Railway to help improve service reliability.
This question was answered on 15th May 2025
South Western Railway’s performance has been impacted by the late introduction of their Class 701 ‘Arterio’ fleet, leading to a reliance on older, less reliable trains. Officials are meeting regularly with the operator to discuss performance, and the Secretary of State met with FirstGroup and MTR on 13th May to discuss recent failures in the introduction of the new fleet and what they are doing to speed up next steps.