Austin Mitchell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Austin Mitchell on 2014-07-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what modifications Rail North made to the proposals recently put to his Department for the Transpennine and Northern Rail franchises.

Claire Perry

The Department worked with Rail North in the development of the consultation document and their views were represented in the options set out and the consultation as a whole. The consultation can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises and concludes 18th August. No decisions have yet been taken.

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