Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the future of local rail services on the East Coast mainline in Northumberland.
Stagecoach and Virgin will make a number of improvements on the InterCity East Coast franchise as a whole and have committed to providing broadly the same level of service for Northumberland as today. Notably, connecting services with stations in Northumberland for the “Flying Scotsman” will be retained.