Apr. 22 2024
Source Page: Rail vehicle dispensation: Porterbrook refurbished Class 170s for CrossCountry Trains and East Midlands RailwaysFound: Rail vehicle dispensation: Porterbrook refurbished Class 170s for CrossCountry Trains and East Midlands
Mentions:
1: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) It has been three years since we were told that Great British Railways would happen. - Speech Link
2: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) more powers to the east midlands to help him with that task. - Speech Link
3: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) It is the wrong move when we are trying to encourage more people on to the railways. - Speech Link
4: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) Thanks to our great West Midlands Mayor Andy Street, we now have the midlands rail hub, which will better - Speech Link
Feb. 01 2024
Source Page: Tap-in, tap-out train travel is on track for the West Midlands and Greater ManchesterFound: Tap-in, tap-out train travel is on track for the West Midlands and Greater Manchester
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: RRB0036 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill West Midlands Rail Executive Written Evidence
Written Evidence Apr. 29 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: RTP0004 - Rail reform: The rail transformation programme West Midlands Rail Executive Written Evidence
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: RRB0044 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill Midlands Connect Written Evidence
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: RRB0006 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill Transport for The East Midlands/East Midlands Councils
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 4396 on West Midlands Trains: Rolling Stock, how much funding his Department plans to provide through the West Midlands Trains National Rail Contract for depot and stabling facilities for the Class 730 train fleet.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Department continues to work closely with West Midlands Trains on new and additional depot and stabling facilities for the Class 730 train fleet. As these projects are live and the size of the final programme is still being determined, the costs are not yet known, and funding options continue to be developed and should be finalised in 2024.
Overall, however, this will be a major investment in the region’s railways.
Mentions:
1: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) High-speed rail should modernise our railways, connect more of the country and increase capacity. - Speech Link
2: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) us to develop freight opportunities, which would in turn strengthen our economy—just as the original railways - Speech Link
3: Rob Butler (Con - Aylesbury) We want railways that are right for our communities, right for our society and right for our economy. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) and, through trailblazer devolution deals, pay-as-you-go pilots in Greater Manchester and the West Midlands - Speech Link
2: Baroness Randerson (LD - Life peer) Great British Railways has, it seems, been kicked into the long grass but one aspect, ticketing reforms - Speech Link
3: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) The answer was to set up Great British Railways, which would have new powers to deal with this question - Speech Link
4: Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab - Life peer) it is high time that the public good was put ahead of private profit in respect of ownership of our railways - Speech Link