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date	04/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Track
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many single line tracks there are on passenger lines within a 120 mile radius of all London rail stations; and what they are.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL8205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>This is an operational matter for Network Rail and London Underground.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/05/2016 11:26:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

446515

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: South West
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O’Neill of Gatley on 8 January (HL4766), what is their assessment of the adequacy of railway links between London and South-West England.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL5287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Commission is not currently undertaking work on railway links between London and South West England.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail assessed the adequacy of the rail links between London and the South West as part of the rail industry’s Long Term Planning Process. The Western &amp; Wessex Route Studies form part of this process and develop options for future services and for investment in the rail network up to 2043.</p><p>The options set out in the Route Studies are based on a regional and route based interpretation of the outputs and demand forecasts from previous market studies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/02/2016 12:31:59 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

443632

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West of England Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 21 December 2015 (HL4413), whether passengers are involved in developing schemes for the railway between Salisbury and Exeter to meet their needs and support economic growth; and if so, how.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL4916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>Network Rail’s Route Studies are part of the rail industry’s Long Term Planning Process. They look at the period from 2019 to 2043. They interpret the outputs from the previous market studies to determine the specific aspirations in terms of capacity and connectivity for the geographical area based on detailed demand analysis to forecast growth tailored to create specific forecasts for geographical areas.</p><br /><p>The analysis identifies where forecast demand is likely to be mismatched with anticipated capacity and indicates where interventions such as train lengthening or additional services may be required.</p><br /><p>Network Rail set up regional and wider stakeholder groups for both the Wessex and the Western Route Studies. Passenger representatives were involved in all these groups and the 90 day public consultations on the draft route studies received responses from a wide range of parties including individual members of public, campaign and user groups, MPs and local authorities which are summarised in the final Route Study documents . Copies of both Route Studies have been placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/01/2016 14:41:25 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

443634

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West of England Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the utility for rail resilience purposes of the Yeovil to Exeter railway line when the Castle Cary/Taunton to Exeter St Davids railway line is blocked.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL4918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>As part of the resilience element of its Western Route Study, Network Rail assessed the route requirements which would support the diversion of an hourly Great Western Railway (GWR) service from Exeter to Castle Cary via Taunton to Exeter to Castle Cary via Yeovil in the event that the relevant section of the Great Western Main line is restricted by, for example, engineering works or severe weather.</p><br /><p>This assessment concluded that additional infrastructure would be required to accommodate a combination of an additional hourly service between Exeter St Davids and Axminster and an hourly diversionary GWR service.</p><br /><p>A copy of the Western Route Study has been placed in the Library.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/01/2016 14:42:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten