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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

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

733235

	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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 22 March (HL6061), what specific maintenance and renewal projects will be delivered as part of Network Rail's planned £3 billion spend on the London and North East Route, which includes the East Coast Main Line, during Control Period 5.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Network Rail (NR) plan to deliver a significant amount of maintenance and renewal work by 2019 the detail of which is a matter for NR and is overseen by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). NR’s Strategic Business Plan for Control Period 5 set out their plans for the period 2014 – 2019. Progress against these plans was last published in the NR Delivery Plan dated August 2016 and by the ORR in its latest Network Rail Monitor document dated November 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 06/07/2017 11:13:01 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

733234

	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, further to the Written Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 16 March (HL5882) and 27 March (HL6202), where the East Coast Main Line infrastructure enhancements will take place to enable capacity for an additional two trains per hour between Kings Cross and Doncaster, and an additional train per hour between York and Newcastle.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The planned enhancements on the East Coast that contribute to additional track capacity include; additional track between Huntingdon and Woodwalton; enhancement to the Werrington junction to better separate passenger and freight services; new freight loops between Northallerton and Newcastle; and, improvements around the Doncaster area.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 06/07/2017 11:12:26 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

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