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746081

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many infrastructure related incidents have occurred on the East Coast Main Line during the last six months which have led to passenger trains being delayed by more than 60 minutes; and what finance is being made available to Network Rail to address those incidents during Control Period 5 and Control Period 6.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold the information requested regarding the number of infrastructure related incidents on the East Coast Main Line.</p><p> </p><p>In Control Period 5, Network Rail plan to spend £3 billion (in 2012-13 prices) on maintaining and renewing the London and North East Route, which includes the East Coast Main Line. The planned spend for Control Period 6 will be finalised later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 11/07/2017 15:41:41 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

733217

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Rolling Stock
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the expected date for the introduction of new rolling stock on the Great Western Mainline; and whether the testing regime for the new rolling stock is proceeding as planned.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Passengers on Great Western are already benefitting from new rolling stock, with more being introduced in the coming months. Class 387 Electric Multiple Units have been in passenger service on the Great Western Mainline since September 2016 from Paddington to Hayes and Harlington; Maidenhead since May 2017 and are then planned to Didcot and Newbury.</p><p> </p><p>The current ambition is for the first of the new Intercity Express Programme rolling stock to commence passenger service on the Great Western Mainline from October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>From the end of 2018/ early 2019, there will be new AT300 trains running on the London to Penzance Great Western Route.</p><p> </p><p>From May 2018 to December 2019 the Great Western Mainline through to Reading will receive the phased introduction of Elizabeth Line (nee Crossrail) services which will also call at Heathrow Airport.</p><p> </p><p>The extensive testing regimes for all of these new rolling stock are progressing thanks to the numerous industry partners who are continuing to work in partnership to deliver these state of the art new trains into public service.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 11/07/2017 15:23:57 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

733232

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Midland Main Line
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the potential impact on journey times between London and Leicester, Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield of Thameslink's plan to increase the frequency of its services using the Midland Mainline to 16 trains an hour in 2018.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Network Rail and the train operators are currently undertaking the detailed work to develop the 2018 timetable for the Midland Main Line and the industry is working together to minimise any impact from other services. This includes identifying opportunities to improve current services.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 11/07/2017 15:40:23 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

733233

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the potential impact on journey times between London and Peterborough, Leeds, York, Newcastle and Edinburgh when the Thameslink network is connected to the East Coast Main Line in 2018.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Network Rail and the train operators are currently undertaking the detailed work to develop the 2018 timetable for the East Coast Main Line and the industry is working together to minimise any impact that Thameslink may have on other services. In addition, the planned introduction of brand new Intercity Express trains and upgrades to key parts of the route will mean extra capacity and journey time improvements on longer distance services.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 11/07/2017 15:39:14 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

733216

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to spend the £300 million recommended in the Gibb Report to improve rail infrastructure by the end of 2018; and if so, whether they will publish details of the planned improvement works.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>In January we announced the investment of this extra £300 million for Network Rail to boost the operational resilience of the infrastructure on the Thameslink route. This will be spent by the end of Control Period 5. This project is being delivered by Network Rail and includes a variety of works including replacement of old tracks, points and signalling and dealing with structural repairs in tunnels.</p><p /><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 11/07/2017 15:49:05 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

733236

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, in any consideration of access charges for freight on the railways, what assessment they have made of the potential for any rise in charges to lead to the diversion of maximum weight lorries on to the road network.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The structure of rail freight access charges is a matter for the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). As part of the periodic review process for 2018 (PR18) ORR is carrying out analysis looking at the impact of any changes to charges, including their potential to divert freight onto the road network. ORR consulted on the high level options for changes to the structure of charges in December 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Government published its Rail Freight Strategy, in collaboration with industry in September 2016. The Rail Freight Strategy set out a framework for enabling the sustainable long-term growth of the industry and highlighted the growth potential in key sectors such as intermodal (containers). The strategy recognised the important environmental and economic benefits of rail freight and signalled the Government’s ambition to support greater modal shift over the long term. It is important that impacts of any changes to access charges on the freight sector are carefully considered to support the aim of the strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport will continue to support ORR’s work to develop appropriate track access charges for freight in CP6 (2019-2024) including by understanding the overall impacts of any changes on the industry.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 11/07/2017 15:39:56 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

733226

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the light of criticisms in the Gibb Report, whether they plan to make representations to Southern Rail about simplifying their fare structure.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The government are implementing many of the recommendations from the Gibb Report, however his recommendation regarding fare structures would not be consistent with government fares policy. It is important to get fares reform right and to ensure a clear and consistent passenger proposition. We are working with the Rail Delivery Group and industry to develop a small number of fares trials arising from last December’s fares and ticketing forum. These will enable us to test principles for potential reform and gather invaluable evidence about the best way to proceed.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 11/07/2017 15:10:28 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson