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1663766

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date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Diesel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on removing all diesel-only trains from the rail network by 2040.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	201619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, published in July 2021, the government’s ambition is to remove all diesel-only trains from the network by 2040, and the department remains committed to this ambition. A number of train operators, such as Northern and Chiltern, are currently undertaking procurement processes to replace diesel-only trains with an aim to reduce carbon emissions and improve the passenger experience. As of October 2023, there are approximately 2,900 diesel-only vehicles operating on the network out of a fleet of over 15,000 vehicles. Since October 2020, over 200 diesel-only vehicles have been removed from passenger operation.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 201620 201660 question first answered 20/10/2023 14:56:20 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1663767

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Diesel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many diesel-only trains are operating across the railway network as of October 2023; and how many diesel-only trains have been removed since 2020.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	201620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, published in July 2021, the government’s ambition is to remove all diesel-only trains from the network by 2040, and the department remains committed to this ambition. A number of train operators, such as Northern and Chiltern, are currently undertaking procurement processes to replace diesel-only trains with an aim to reduce carbon emissions and improve the passenger experience. As of October 2023, there are approximately 2,900 diesel-only vehicles operating on the network out of a fleet of over 15,000 vehicles. Since October 2020, over 200 diesel-only vehicles have been removed from passenger operation.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 201619 201660 question first answered 20/10/2023 14:56:20 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1663807

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Diesel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Government’s revised policies on net zero on when diesel-only trains will be removed from the rail network.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	201660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, published in July 2021, the government’s ambition is to remove all diesel-only trains from the network by 2040, and the department remains committed to this ambition. A number of train operators, such as Northern and Chiltern, are currently undertaking procurement processes to replace diesel-only trains with an aim to reduce carbon emissions and improve the passenger experience. As of October 2023, there are approximately 2,900 diesel-only vehicles operating on the network out of a fleet of over 15,000 vehicles. Since October 2020, over 200 diesel-only vehicles have been removed from passenger operation.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 201619 201620 question first answered 20/10/2023 14:56:20 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1545156

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Diesel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when diesel trains will be phased out on the national rail network.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	902399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>Our aim is to remove all diesel-only trains (passenger and freight) from the network by 2040.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 24/11/2022 11:52:21 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1519019

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Diesel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new diesel four car units have been introduced to the rail network in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	59122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Between 2015 and 2022, 389 units were ordered that are fitted with diesel engines, 66 of those units comprise of four passenger vehicles with the remainder of the units ordered comprising of two, three, five and nine passenger vehicles. Greater Anglia introduced 24 Class 755/4 units with four passenger vehicles into service in 2019, the remaining 42 units for West Midlands Trains and Transport for Wales are currently in build or on test.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 389 self-powered units ordered between 2015 and 2022, 175 were diesel only, and 214 are bi/tri-mode units and are trains that have the ability to operate from diesel, overhead line or battery power as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 16:59:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse